Humbled by a mouse

 
It all started because I spied a tree  
just off the beaten path  
With its branches placed just so,  
it had potential for climbing  
 
But once I entered the forest  
dappled silence beckoned me further  
criss-crossing deer tracks through undergrowth  
leading me ever deeper  
 
Until, stepping out from the tangling brush
I stood in a velveted fairy realm
A green-cloaked stump waited, ready
inviting me to linger
 
So I sat in lush stillness  
on my imagined woodland throne  
enjoying gracious hospitality  
and the reverent hush of moss  
 
A mouse skittered past  
gave a fleeting incurious glance  

I said hello  
but he was too busy to notice