These lines are written in response to a prompt by https://christinebialczak.com/2023/04/04/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-04-04-2023/

The prompt was to write about the picture given below in six minutes without editing.

Hide

Shhhsh

Don’t move

Don’t make a noise

I am not afraid nor have lost my mind

It’s the tree that I am hiding

Not me

From the Loch Ness monster

That’s going to rise

From waters deep

Near my feet

©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar