Ice packs
Heating pads
(Sometimes at the same time)

Music from a show you’ve seen
a hundred times before

Lap cats
long chats
someone else’s sweater

Finishing a storyline
and finding out there’s more

Hot drinks
cooled off
just enough to sip on

Late-night napping on the couch
with no intent to move

Rain sounds
Playgrounds
Lighting a new candle

Sunny summer Saturdays
with nothing planned to do

A forehead kiss
“I got you this”
A note tucked in a book

There are respites everywhere,
you just have to look