For A Day

Wandering

Aimlessly

One summer’s day

I happened across

A meadow

Where the flowers

Growing wild

And free

Reached up

Above my head

 

And I lay

In the grass

Eyes closed

Against the

Caressing sun

Listening to the

Singing insects

 

Especially the crickets

That familiar hum

 

The dew

Clung to my skin

And to my hair

 

And the butterflies

Fresh from their

Cocoons

Landed on me

To dry

Their fragile wings

 

And I watched them

Through near-closed eyes

Keeping dead still

 

So still

The spiders

Spun their webs

Between me and

The towering

Grasses

 

But I didn’t mind

Because I was happy

Watching them

Spin their silver homes

 

And then it rained

And the huge

Water droplets

Came crashing down

Rendering me

A safe haven

For those lacking

Water-proof jackets

Water-proof skin

 

And I lay there

Face streaming

With sky tears

Lips curved upwards

With contentment

Until the sun came out

 

And the grasses

And the flowers

Began to dry

 

And the crickets

And the butterflies

And the spiders

Came hopping out

And fluttering out

And creeping out

 

To sing again

And dry their wings

And build their homes

 

Wandering

Aimlessly

One summer’s day

I happened across

A meadow

Where the flowers

Growing wild

And free

Reached up

Above my head

 

And I hid there

For a day

 

Wishing tomorrow

Never had to come