Essence

Haze of warm air permeates the brood

of pines

that rise around my drowsy repose

lying

on a mat of needles, soft and subdued

Radiance glides down among the limbs

in beams

that motes of forest dust disclose

glowing

in the lines of light, delicate and slim

Velvet daydreams swirl within the calm

inside me

serene I seem within the shadows

drifting

afloat on the salve of nature's balm