them now

They are starting to giggle with each other.
There is inhale, a momentary lapse, when I try to remember the last time I saw them like that.
When life hadn't got in the way and it was just them.

Wait. What is this? Are you two smiling at each other? Do you have a secret?

They do, between them.
a nod, a glance
a sparkle
hand touch arm
a where were you, I was there, we were us
pressure lifted.



Then an exhale.
There is this.
Them.

Now.

Today I am grateful they exist.