Things I love right now

Unfurling

Roaring waves that sound like white noise

The trees glowing behind you as you look forward into the sunset

A dog smiling on his favourite trail

The curl of a fiddlehead in the spring

The pink cherry blossoms gathering by the curbs as you ride your bike up that hill

The sound of a text arriving from an old friend asking you the name of that boy she kissed in the summer before university

That maybe it was me that asked and not you because you remember everything

The friend who tells you that the whole car ride is a cone of silence

And you say of course- like always - and forever - and you fucking mean it more than your marriage vows

The bonds that are sacred

The stories that women share

The ones that go over the legal cases and then corroborate with the experiences of their youth

I love it when we hit the patriarchy button again and again and again

After throwing our hands in the air

The way we believe we actually could solve all the problems if we just had a better system for involving women who are too fucking busy taking care of everything

And yes I mean everything

That your book club might start learning guitar and it scares you more than singing happy birthday off key

When you find a book you can’t put down so you close the door on the bathroom and tolerate wrinkled fingers just to finish it

That feeling of looking back at the size of their bodies that once fit into your armpit and snuggled as tight as humanly possible

Holding up the gravity pulling down for so many years on this incredible planet

Wishing it pulled less on your skin and breasts

I love it when they ask for the keys like in that Cat Steven’s song you once sang them

I love it when they hang a wet towel on a hook

And blush when you mention their crushes name

It’s just one life here

One time around

No one tells you about the middle part

The transition

The gooey part

The part that is sticky and heavy

I love that there is always time to dive in, go under, go down, go back, look around

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