Nature in Us

Nature is a place to
be with plants,
in these funny
emerald green pants

Nature is a place to connect
like the Indigenous
who reigned here before
the Europeans who choose to neglect

Kangaroos and Koalas, 
Wombats and the famous
deadly brown snake
Australia is a dangerous place

Under the Gum tree leaves
the magpie sitting in the
tree, a bird all Australians fear
for its ill-omen superstitions

Nature the home
of animals and us
unlike the gnome
living in our gardens