I didn't know

I didn’t know I loved the earth until

wet mud squeezed up between my toes

cooling their ardor for constant motion,

settling me down into daydreams in the grass.

I didn’t know I loved a daisy until its

petals dropped one by one onto the

hard blank floor, now decorated with random

splashes of white and yellow.

I didn’t know I loved a plane until she

was inside hurtling towards me from far off

lands, soon to land within arms reach.