Haven

We speak softly together
in a conspiracy of pleasure
still disbelievingly grateful of
the first time we came to this place
of earthly delights, this
delicately robust space of
uninterrupted nature with its
verdant invitation to enter,
welcoming our presence, its
living essence discovering in our
delight the presence of dazzled
worship. The fervently delivered
daily sermon from full-throated
birds, the gentle appeal of
running streams, the flora and fauna
appearing then dissolving into the
plush green interior. Humid
landscape, rich in architecture,
ephemeral in filmy mist, we cling
to it all, as nourished souls must,
bewitched beyond recall.