I’m opting out of the guided walk
Instead to look for the reed beds, on my own
But first I have to find a map
Or instead to ask group leader Steve
Beside the ferns and the flowers
There are thistles and nettles
Several hundred yards yet
To the circular platform, in the reeds
Ripples on the water
Plip-plop sounds
Of fish or frogs leaving
Or entering the water
If you dropped your wedding ring
It would be gone forever
