With Thanks

for Ross Gay

If you asked me to describe
delight,
to list the things or events
that bring this feeling, which some might
call pleasure with the scent
of joy, and others might call
joy with a tinge of magic,
then I might describe it as a divine moment
where all
you want is here, and you’re in the thick of it,
time stopping to take
a breather, to close its weary eyes
for a few seconds and drowse off
while your heart smiles
and shakes.

 ~ D. L. James