Still, I say,
you must count all -
The smiles
The tears
The quiet looks.
mix and prepare them as if fixing
a mathematical banquet.
To increase their saliency,
one must add emotion
to the mix, perhaps a few
pseudo-philosophical thoughts,  
a bit rationalization and salt - for flavour.
Add heat for the primal,
put under the sun then the shade to cool,
hold up the result with a shaky hand
and breath it all in, then out. Then die.