Wedding Weekend Forecast

In a word, joy.

it is a muscle, joy

deliberately flexed

a turning of the head

from the dark

to this illuminated moment

ostriches are happy enough, eagles happier still,

and hummingbirds happiest of all. of course I have no way of knowing any of this, but

i hardly hear the thunder in the distance for our laughter,

and tomorrow i won’t hear it at all.

happiness eclipses everything save happiness

folding in upon itself

an endless supernova of good in the universe

and there is so much good. our belief,

the gathering together to unfold love. to bear witness. to feel it shine.