I squinch my eyes
up toward the sky
and fill my lungs,
let go a sigh
and as I rejoice
in sun and sea
and sparkling stars
and you and me
my heart grows so big
it floats out of my chest
above the trees
and the birds in their nests
up it floats, higher and higher
above chimneys and smokestacks and cathedral spires
it grows like the dickens
and tickles frisky kittens
and makes salmon shimmer
and candlelight glimmer
as it reaches back to earth
with a great big hug
for every creature, plant and bug
uniting all in love’s pull snug.