Beautiful

A warm bed

When the cat chooses you

A big bowl of mac and cheese

When you decide not to send a meme to your friend, but later that day your friend sends that exact meme to you

Falling asleep next to your lover

Getting a smile from a stranger

Sunrises

Sunsets

When the words flow from your fingers without resistance

Heavy rain outside when you're inside

Mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, baked potatoes

Old book smell

That moment mid-run when you find your stride and it feels like you could run forever

When the joke lands and everyone laughs

Music that makes you cry

Music that makes you want to smash your head into a brick wall

Music that makes you want to tear off all your clothes and run around naked

Music

Forehead kisses

Freshly baked bread

Mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, baked potatoes

When you reread a book and it's as good as you remember

Walks on a cold but sunny day

Listening to people speak in a language that you don't understand

Snow

Hugs when they aren't awkward

When your annoying coworker does something especially annoying and you make eye contact with your work bestie and you both just know

The people who make your day brighter just by being there

Chocolate

Hot showers

A new notebook

Naps on the couch

Ice cream

New tattoos

When you wake up with an idea for a new art project

Soft blankets

Books that take you so deep into their world that you forget you even have a physical body

This was written for Sasha Desideri's A Very Vocal Beauty Pageant - Unofficial Challenge