This language that we share

This heart I press it means
'ha!' and it means 'hi' and it means
I see your pain or your joy
or I see you are out with friends and
I like that or love that or wish I was
there. It means I know this place or
I got your joke or clever reference and it
means look: we are alike, we share this,
or it means I am clever too, like you.
It means I support you or you are
beautiful or you made me laugh and
sometimes it means hello, I am still here,
I am still reading and we are still friends,
although we haven't spoken for a while,
I am still speaking this language to you,
I am still sending you
this heart.

(by Judith Kingston)