"Sofia's Dream" in "Read It and Weep"

The epitome of serenity

lies just beneath the foot of me

sacheting through the sweet, clean grass.

White linen bathes my skin

my loose hair dancing in the wind

billowy clouds, how silently they pass.

Oh Mozart!

take my heart

dance playfully and light about my mind.

Mandolin, disrupts the wind

glint of sunshine blinds my eye

fat, sumptuous grapes exploding on the vine.

Brie, Bordeaux, wild strawberries

fill the bounty set in front of me

my avid hunger puts me to the test.

To my woolly lamb, how safe I am

amongst the wheat so tall and tan

as I hold him firm and snug against my breast.

Take me home

thatched roof, and stone

as the proud gazebo stands beyond the stream.

My duvet, of straw and hay

my eyes they close; my body lay

to lose myself inside Sofia's dream.

*with love to Sofia Coppola