unabashedly uncorked: your daily dose of EPH!

I wish I could put my finger on it
the reason tears keep filling my eyes
I wish I could say that it was sadness or loss
but it’s not

the sense of emotion that has washed over me the last two days
I wish I could call it something
that it weren’t just a feeling
but it is
just a feeling

an immense sense of gratitude
and loyalty and love
and feeling like a small piece of a bigger story

I wish I could name this
that I could bottle it up and save it
that I could place it on a shelf
with a label that reads
take one dose on a bad day

as I drove to a conference this morning
and cried tears of whatever this feeling is
over my full travel mug of coffee
I realized that I should savor this

because last month was the toughest of my life
and it just might appear
that I’ve made it over the hill
and climbed into the pasture

I should be happy here
in this feeling
and allow myself to do just that
feel

i suppose this is what returning happiness looks like
and I’m okay if it decides to stay here awhile
to dance across the sky as summer fades to fall
and as my sadness once again becomes joy