You are

Even though the only sound you hear

is a melody of birds;

the ratata of a distant woodpecker.

Even though the coffee

carried in plumes that play in light,

cast long across the kitchen work surfaces

is all that you can smell.

Just because the ground outside is

decorated with the shadowy pattern

of the sun squeezing between

the leaves of overhanging trees,

and there is a sense of pervading calm.

Just because you sit and while away

the day wondering what to have for dinner,

and whether you will have time to fit in a gym session.

No matter if that may be true,

know that you are only you

by a twist of fate and timing.