it’s a place
it’s a time
it’s a memory
it’s a smile
it’s the changing of leaves
it’s the scent of a wood-burning fireplace
it’s a moment
it’s a laugh
it’s a kiss
it’s that anxiety you get in your throat right before you’re going to cry
it’s a dog panting and wagging it’s tail
it’s a flash of colour through the black
it’s a pair of pants
it’s holding hands
it’s someone’s arm around you, pulling you closer as you fall asleep
it’s falling
it’s strength
it’s a river
it’s an ocean
it’s a waterfall
it’s rain
it’s dancing
it’s uninhibited
it’s passion
it’s an old, crackled picture
it’s a friend that you haven’t seen in three years
it’s a road, the yellow dividers ticking by
it’s a mountain
it’s a birch tree
it’s an aluminum boat
it’s a view
it’s a pitcher of beer
it’s a bottle of wine
it’s a drinking game in an old cement basement
it’s a rooftop
it’s a pair of sunglasses
it’s those old shoes that you wish you’d never donated
it’s grandma’s jewelery
it’s a cat’s tail disappearing behind a couch
it’s a song that your mom used to play on the piano
it’s grilled cheese and tomato soup
it’s a summer
it’s a season
it’s treading water
it’s christmas
it’s playing hookey
it’s a cup of tea on a foggy day
it’s freedom
it’s the windows rolled down
it’s humidity
it’s waking up under the sun
it’s waking up under the stars
it’s legs intertwined
it’s a flashlight in the forest
it’s ghost stories
it’s that concert, the one you swore changed your life
it’s running naked down an old wooden dock
it’s a song
it’s family
it’s then
it’s goodbye
it was.
Oct 22, 2012
Oct 22, 2012 at 11:22 AM UTC
it’s a place
it’s a time
it’s a memory
it’s a smile
it’s the changing of leaves
it’s the scent of a wood-burning fireplace
it’s a moment
it’s a laugh
it’s a kiss
it’s that anxiety you get in your throat right before you’re going to cry
it’s a dog panting and wagging it’s tail
it’s a flash of colour through the black
it’s a pair of pants
it’s holding hands
it’s someone’s arm around you, pulling you closer as you fall asleep
it’s falling
it’s strength
it’s a river
it’s an ocean
it’s a waterfall
it’s rain
it’s dancing
it’s uninhibited
it’s passion
it’s an old, crackled picture
it’s a friend that you haven’t seen in three years
it’s a road, the yellow dividers ticking by
it’s a mountain
it’s a birch tree
it’s an aluminum boat
it’s a view
it’s a pitcher of beer
it’s a bottle of wine
it’s a drinking game in an old cement basement
it’s a rooftop
it’s a pair of sunglasses
it’s those old shoes that you wish you’d never donated
it’s grandma’s jewelery
it’s a cat’s tail disappearing behind a couch
it’s a song that your mom used to play on the piano
it’s grilled cheese and tomato soup
it’s a summer
it’s a season
it’s treading water
it’s christmas
it’s playing hookey
it’s a cup of tea on a foggy day
it’s freedom
it’s the windows rolled down
it’s humidity
it’s waking up under the sun
it’s waking up under the stars
it’s legs intertwined
it’s a flashlight in the forest
it’s ghost stories
it’s that concert, the one you swore changed your life
it’s running naked down an old wooden dock
it’s a song
it’s family
it’s then
it’s goodbye
it was.
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