Twilight

i
A bird flying
On the wings of wind passes me by,
Smoothly outlining
its pattern in the sky
A moment…… and it is gone
Gone like the wind blows
A feather away- away forever
The beauty of its silhouette
In the sky never forgotten
by eager bird watchers darting
here and there
amongst the shadows

ii
On the forests green floor
Furry little friends
Scuttle around
For an odd tidbit or two
The ants are brisk in their work
Toiling and moiling
all the days of their lives
The eagle swoops down to
Capture its prey…
… A startled rabbit

iii
The dark night
Is full of them…
These owls
With huge yellow eyes
Which are quick to take in
The scampering mice
Who run hither- thither
All have now drifted into
the kingdom of sleep
It reigns over all ,
Both man and beast

iv
The trees are
whispering in the wind
telling secrets
of which no one knows
they chatter on and on
their leafy whisperings disturbing
the quiet of the night