Walking unaware
discussing life, poetry and weather
our minds on higher things,
unnoticed went the worm.
Then panicked gasp,
a stifled scream
and Susie looked and saw
beneath her foot, the worm.
No ordinary worm:
one foot long and
thick as your thumb
he squirmed injured..
To the rescue Dee,
umbrella clasped un-open
poised to lift from danger
to a leafy lair.
If he could think
(perhaps he does)
would the worm turn
and offer thanks
for that act of empathy
one species to another?
Deanne Lister
12th April 2013
(See photo taken at Mary Cairncross park)