Walking on rich soil and pine needles, loam, ferns, wildflowers, and
carpets of grass;
overhead, the wind hums, birds sing,
and leaves rustle in the mottled canopies.
Moss and vines, ground cover, undergrowth,
the musky sponge-like mushrooms;
and the musty, worm filled mulch;
the air smells of green growth and brown earth.
Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 18 June 2021
