always bookmarking quick moments
in between your smiles and laughs
when your hazel eyes flicker in the light
and your brown curls fall messily down
when your freckles are speckles
and little lashes fall on your cheek
like gentle reminders of time moving
somehow both fast and slow
somehow never enough
still, I never miss a single second
and I always tell you to make a wish
as I selfishly make one too
nothing grand to take away from yours
just a small carving of a plea
to keep these quick moments
for forever, as long as I can