You showed up and like a girl-
I made jokes of dashboard lights and Christmas trees;
Cute glowing selfies as I melted into my couch over a car conversation we were having-
Your timing was impeccable.
Leave it to you to turn my Tuesday night into a fit of giggles followed by the shimmer of life that you bring.
Somewhere between the innocence of trying to decide between donuts in a parking lot and debating on whether a Mercedes with kids is taste or immaturity-
My living room turned into a temple of laughter by ten thirty;
The sounds muffled by the blanket wrapped around me until I could no longer help it.
I’m almost certain my walls are relieved by the sound.
They were once haunted by echoes of guttural cries muted by my throat’s inability to release them but-
you showed up and like a girl I made jokes of dashboard lights and Christmas trees.
