The Grass

Green
with yellow contours,
sticking up
from ground to empty sky

bending to my weight
as I lie down,
baking in the radiating
French summer light.

Sipping my cold
green beverage,
competing in
greenness,

Eyelids resting while
my bed of grass takes
on my weight.
Flowers and trees bustling with colour

More colour green of different intensity.
Why don’t I capture all these rich
colours on paper or canvas?
Too lazy? Leave for tomorrow?

Will that tomorrow ever come?
All I know is, I’m stuck
on my green bed,
paying homage to a beautiful day.

A glorious day
with green
enveloping mind
and body.