If I Could Be a Smell

I'd be the smell of cut grass

or the smell of the earth

after a huge thunderstorm

I'd be an Italian restaurant

my grandmother's baked bread

a bouquet of roses

the smell of the ocean's salty breath

mountain air

or fresh laundry

I'd be the smell of happiness

or a child's gleeful laugh

snuggling puppies

and a birthday cake baking in the oven

I'd be the smell of chocolate chip cookies

a picnic in the park

a cookout in my backyard

the smell of Springtime

Summer

or pomegranate bodywash

I'd be the smell of success

fresh fruit salad

a garden in bloom

I'd be the smell of coming home

Christmastime

and falling in love