lazy sunny afternoon

i lie on my back

on this grassy knoll

content watching the clouds

as they form strange patterns

in my head.

a lazy stream gurgles

somewhere nearby

as it meanders across

trying to find meaning

through its wandering

towards the sea beyond

the distant horizon.

she's also lying beside me

maybe dozing

or is that her humming

my favourite song?

we both don't utter a word

lest we disturb the

comfortable silence

cocooning us.

her delicate perfume

wafts across and mingles with

the smell of the grass

crushed under our bodies

and makes for a heady mixture

that i inhale deeply.

i shut my eyes softly

and now

i'm at peace with the universe.