Substrata

Coursing pools

Beneath the ground

Tributarily unraveling 

And merging at the heart:

Comforting limestone bedrock

The perfect shade for colonies.

Shafts of light through rotting trees above,

Each an insect portal through the substrate.

Apollo's statue stands dead center in the grove,

Aiming his gladius through a trove of leaves

Reveals delicate glowing hearth in bloom:

Needle-like tendrils grasping tender green vines

shearing the bristled moss edges in endless designs

 twisting broadly through stems and through plumes

petals unfolding like luscious lagoons

cords of life weaving like fissures with roots

converging through spindling, segmented chutes

once parched, nectar resurfaces replete

a fixture of flora both supple and sweet.