I have just said

I have just said

something

ridiculous to you

and in response,

your glorious laughter.

These are the days

the sun

is swimming back

to the east

and the light on the water

gleams

as never, it seems, before.

I can't remember

every spring,

I can't remember

everything-

so many years!

Are the morning kisses

the sweetest

or the evenings

or the inbetweens?

All I know

is that "thank you" should appear

somewhere.

So, just in case

I can't find

the perfect place-

"Thank you, thank you."

--Mary Oliver