I hope you know
that all the little joys–
the love,
the beauty,
the quiet warmth–
are playing out all around you.

They live and breathe in you,
in your very soul.
They're in me, too–
Like a cacophony of sound,
woven gently into music

Tell me:
can you hear the melody
through my stare?
Can you feel its heart beating?

I do.