Hygge

Nobody knows just how you should say it
but, like a hug, it’s cosy, warm and safe -
sitting by the fire on a winter’s day
when it’s snowing outside and the whole pane
is white and a robin at the window
strips the holly bush and hot chocolate
steaming on the hearth, the pink marshmallows
melting and it’s as if you are waiting

for something only you’re not sure what yet
and a new book lies open on your lap
and you are about to read the best bit
so you lift your cup and you take a sip
then curl up snugly in the comfy chair
as a scent of oranges fills the air.