Flowers in a meadow

bring sweet perfumes to the air.

Just as chocolate does to a dinner party

and antiseptic to an operating room.

A certain smell will take you back to when you were young

But never able to express it to another.

Wishing you could bottle it

Preserve the memory.

Keeping it fresh in your mind

as a time machine to your past.

Laying next to your sleeping dog, take a whiff.

Coffee brewing in the morning

and cooking dinner in the evening.

Soak up the memories of these aromas.