In the mood

Reading poetry always puts me in a mood, be it deep or dreamy or distressed. Somehow it never fails to touch me. Right now I guess I'm in a dreamy mood *smile*.

Daisy Dream

I would lie down with you so easily,

in careless dreams that need no covers.

Something in the pace of your breathing

and the lightness of your thoughts

draws me to your side without guile.

Under your soft gaze my nakedness is not stark,

I am wound in a coverlet of anticipation

that is warm like wine and mellow scented.

It is your willingness to come naked also

to the treeless hills of our daisy trysts

that steals away my fears and makes me placid.

There is no cold mist to startle my trust,

nor sharp sound to pierce my smiles.

Thus you woo my undressing with gentleness,

passing me samples of tenderness I cannot resist.

D. Nikulainen