A world beneath our feet
overlooked and forgotten
outside of the careful steps we take
a planet teeming with life
invisible to our eyes

a world beneath our feet
sustaining us despite our blindness
clearing the air we breathe
absorbing our footprints
and our whispers

a world beneath our feet
older than our souls
meant to outlive all traces of us
leaving the forests
alive with the wild
and healed from all human wounds – Caroline A. Slee