eternity

so few days altogether remain
so much beauty to witness therein
i want to embrace it, swallow it all
i want to consume it, inhale it in

every morning when the birds chirp
my garden i wander into bare feet
craving to feel the earth on my soles
the grass that cools last night's fears

the chimes sing and urge me on
open your arms give it a try
a real embrace you will find
you can have this universe

for when you pass and as you leave
that joyousness will always remain
your essence the one that felt this need
will live in this perfumed garden

and those who come may never know
but somehow this presence will persist
for the grass the caressed my feet and played
will tell of joys past and yet to come...

--reena
from a cool summer morning
june 2nd 2016