when we're laughing together
and when i look at you
i see your eyes shinning;
then you catch me looking
and grin sheepishly
because you were the butt of the joke;
and i can only
smile more widely
as though my face was breaking apart
from the force of the smile.
but it doesn't hurt -
especially when
your grin softens into
a real smile
and it's like
the sensation of being
in the ocean
submerged in blue and green and
water -
wrapped in silk -
surrounded by
starlight bubbles
and i come
awake.
