Amazed

Hey there, crawly creepers
bright buzzers, fleet fliers,
Here I am, looking at you,
amazed.

Ant on a narrow blade of meadow grass
deep in your dense,
ancient jungle.

Bee on a sweet-scented shrub
feasting on nectar
in your magnificent mansion.

Slug slow-slinking over a paving stone
dawdling on your motorway,
risking danger and death.

Sand hopper on a fine-grained beach
searching the parched Sahara
for a cool, damp oasis.

Spider hanging on a window’s web,
your tightrope strung up
above the noisy, grimy city.

Ladybird crawling across a peachy warm
plush-carpeted floor -
my arm!

And me?
Tonight, the quizzical stars in the sky
Will look down and blink in surprise
amazed at me
and how tiny
I am.