Down Under

 

A microcosm of a tropical rain forest

verdant and consumed of life

An undergrowth of roots

which straddle the earth

a veritable spiders web

Where ladybirds and worms 

are on nodding acquaintance

to share a patch of mother earth

All under a canopy of leaves

of foliage and coloured petals

To shield from the the suns rays

and gently absorb a shower

or blanketed in winter´s snow

Cloaked in secrecy it thrives

to be visited by hedgehogs

moles,butterflies and the

occasional meandering snake

A world on our door step

barely noticed by we humans

who in haste skip or strut by

Little sound comes from this

garden of Orpheus

Life comes and goes

with the minium of disquiet