Nowhen

Nowhen Between times between days Darkness held sway Every sound’s alarming in a primitive way A pale hope of morning over the roof horizon’s shore heralded a new creation Let there be light once more And the first bird broke the breathless silence Fluted thread of bold announcement Let praise commence I sat in the damp air warming grass underfoot Thoughts uncrowded, time suspended worship, the heart’s first work A rustle a movement a little fox nosing in front of my seat looked up started back ducked and looked again crabwise scuttle shadows scurried there were two one more look foxy silhouette by the hedge then gone The breeze touched branches and dozing trees stirred the piping chorus filled the air like streamers and dawn changed shift with the singing stars