Hidden among limbs clothed
In green velvet gowns
Dripping in accoutrements 
Of fernage, of fungi

A trickle gapens wide
To underground flow hastily 
Growing in karst caves
Miles long - race to river shores

Ancient faces, bearded features
Embedded in sapling lined hill
Look up to pinnacle source
Drink liquor distilled by leaves

Minutiae of life abounds
Hiding from hurried eyes
Passing giant foot too blind
- by black shapes bound to hand and wrist -
To see them thrive

Once the orchid eye is in
Become a clumsy giant
Clambering in, too easily
Destroying tender offspring

Sprinkling pathogens from soles
Wiping out whole colonies
After a solitary visit
Gaping mouthed outsider capturing souls in images

Thinking of this and parallels 
The heart propagates compassion 
It dangles on new vine
White heart berry ripening in time

Junee Caves Walk, Maydena Tasmania