Awaiting Morning’s Light

Throughout the night
moonlight swept through long dark trees
standing deathly still
waiting for morning’s quiet return
Near the creek
high above the forest bed
a familiar barred owl calls out
claiming stray moonbeams his prey
Ghost-like, shadows hover
between trees and beyond
to places figured lost
save their fortuitous lingering
Somewhere, in the spaces between
what’s known and what can never be found
the night slips into my [...]