happiness is ...

Chocolate and vanilla ice cream cones
Melting into the fingers of sand castle children,
A thermos of hot chocolate laced with marshmallows,
Hitting snooze on the alarm clock,
Not once,
Not twice,
But three times.
Sunday morning sunrises,
Snow days in March
And spring break in April.
Abandoning flip-flops in favor of bare feet,
Catching a butterfly
And then letting it fly away.
The one you love.
A handwritten note reading,
“I love you.”
Unexpected rainbows in an orange sky,
A black sheet of paper and a sharpened pencil,
And the ocean dancing with the horizon,
Inviting anyone to join.