If you watch carefully you can see them.

They flit from tree to tree, the shadows they hide behind

But more worrying, is they are watching you.

They know where you are because in this glade

You are in their back yard.

Not that they will do you any harm

It’s more they want to protect what is theirs.

So they watch and ensure no harm comes to you

For if it did there would be consternation

As others would come, trample on what is precious

Upset their ecosystem, for everything you see

Has a purpose and a function.

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