Inktober 2022 Day 23: Underground

Artwork by Andrea Durley Beachbum

 

You may think nothing’s happening

When you survey your plot

So if I said there’s so much life

You’d think me a crackpot

 

You’d look around: A single bird

Is all that you could see

“There’s nothing else, except a flower

I can’t even see a tree!”

 

But you’d be wrong ‘cos underneath

Below the surface line

There’s another world, so full of life

Where creatures live and dine

 

Some of them, of course, we know

Like slugs and long earthworms

But many others live there too

It’s easy to confirm

 

There’s ground beetles and wireworms

Springtails and grubs

Millipedes and woodlice

Deep beneath the shrubs

 

And don’t forget the nesting ants

Of red and black and wood

Some of them considered pests,

But mostly they do good

 

So next time in your garden

When you’re feeling hale and hearty

Remember, underneath your feet

There’s probably a party!

 

Done