To Be in Love
by Gwendolyn Brooks
To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. You look at things Through his eyes. A cardinal is red. A sky is blue. Suddenly you know he is there, Shining and tall and laughing. You look at him and you see yourself. So you lean against a wall and smile, A little.
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