​A SMILE TO MY LIPS

​A SMILE TO MY LIPS
3/19/2014
​
I will love him in the morning
Between wakefulness and sleep
When his name is the first thought on my mind
And the first thing
To bring
A smile to my lips.
I will love him as I climb sleepily out of bed
Making coffee
Wishing he was here
To share a cup with me.
I will love him at noon
When I'm pushing through
All those little unavoidable tasks
That life takes
To make it from day to day,
I will think of something funny he said to me 
Laugh to myself 
and it will make the work go by faster.
And I will love him
As I cook dinner 
And listen to music
Kind of wishing every single song didn't make me think of him,
Kind of glad at the same time
That they all do.
I will love him in the evening
When I'm unwinding
With a glass of wine 
In the sunset air outside 
And I will wonder what he's doing...
Is he working
Relaxing 
Laughing with friends
Thinking of some other girl
The way I think of him?
And I will love him 
As I lay down to sleep 
And try not to imagine
His arms around me
And his breath on my neck
I'll try not to
But I do
I always do.
And I'll fall asleep in a thought of him
Just like that.
I will love him
In the darkest hours
When the train wakes me In the night
As it rattles the windows
And speaks to me 
Of trips that I will take 
Journeys I will make
As I think how I wish I was on that train
Going someplace
Where he is
Someplace where I'm sure
​I am wanted by him.
And I will fall asleep again
With a restless need again.
And I will love him in the morning
Between wakefulness and sleep
When his name is the first thought on my mind 
And the first thing
To bring
A smile to my lips.

Charity