The tree swayed like a dancer moving her hips to the music.

Eyes closed, lying on the grassy hill, she inhaled and exhaled slowly as she focused her hearing on the bird chirping and the whooshing of the leaves in the wind.

It’s so peaceful here, she thought and wished she could remain here forever. She wished she didn’t have to return to the city where all she could hear day and night were man-made noises – traffic, construction, and sirens. She wished she could live somewhere as open as this, where she could hear nature, smell the dew in the air, and bird watch.

Eyes open, lying on the grassy hill, she gazed at the blue sky and smiled as an idea popped into her ever-so-distracted mind.

Written for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Saturday Mix #StoryStarter