love isn't always
made of grand gestures
like poetry isn't always
made of big words

love can be as small
as a shared cup of coffee
a mismatched sock
or a familiar scent

after all, the ocean is
made of tiny hydrogen
and oxygen atoms
that have combined

the sky is merely
tiny specks of light
and all we see
is a vast and blue mantle

for almost all beautiful things
are often made up
of small, infinitesimal objects
that have collided amidst all