Dolce Far Niente

I come into a time and place At peace within a vast estate Beneath me warms the verdant earth Above the sun of cosmic birth Drifts calmly down with feathered hands To hold me spellbound on the land And all around the summer breeze Gambols lightly in the trees – It whispers vaguely, far away A quiet murmur, as a prayer Crooning softly in my ear As if it knows that I can hear The beauty of a tranquil day Enough for me to want to stay And lose myself in nothingness In realms of carefree idleness At peace within a vast estate While passing through this time and place