Wilderness Ways

 
 So many times I wish to be away, alone 
 Somewhere in the deep Wilderness to roam 
 To follow long forgotten pathways past magnificent trees 
 To hear the myriad of natures sounds again 
 Sometimes just to stand in cool summer rain 

 Ahh the quiet sounds that soothe the heart 
 Buzzing bees and jumping fish in stream that start 
 Then to sit upon a log and watch a swimming little green frog 
 Tadpoles too they wriggle by 
 Great brown eagles that hover high in the sky 

 This glorious day to hear sounds of a chorus of birds 
 Sometimes a deer calls to the heard 
 Kangaroos and Wallabies hop on precarious rocky hills 
 Wombats digging burrows, gruffly with sharp paws 
 Goannas holding trees with claws 

 Spiders scurry so fast on the ground 
 And tiny insects make for a safer mound 
 The bush turkey scratching and foraging for food 
 So many beautiful things in the Wilderness mood 
 I look out upon a hilltop place 
 See vast horizons with browns and greens, such wonderful grace 

 The beautiful sunset comes with light her fingers of red 
 Many feed and scurry, frantically, just before bed 
 Now the beautiful stars come out to play 
 And hungry night owls hoot for tasty prey 
 Crickets sing their symphony of absolute peace 
 Ahh the mind in wilderness so much release 
 Native cats with babies that cling 
 Shiver and forage for insects and things 

 Tasmanian Devils scream their happy scowl 
 And scavenge and fight with a scary growl 
 Emus run and thump the ground 
 Fruit bats screech, search for tasty sounds 
 Little possums call their lovers songs 
 And little things are busy all night long 

 O what a place my Wilderness can be 
 A place where animals and man can live, be free 
 Some where away from all the city mess 
 All the strife, the toil and the stress 
 So come one, come all, just come with me 
 To my Wilderness..... lets just for a day,be totally free


               Antipodi