seeing them, hearing them, holding their hand. the way everything inside me feels calm and settled when i'm with them and yet from time to time i get the urge to jump and spill kisses on their face because of how much i'm overcome with a sunlight-like feeling inside of me, the way i want to give them everything i see and have, do anything i can for them, hold them and touch their skin any given moment, share every little detail of my day-to-day life, feel them kiss my forehead, do errands together with them, hear them tell me they love me, the way they've become such a natural and essential part of my life, the way everything around me lightens with their presence