A Moonlit Night

It was a brisk and clear moonlit night The moon was out, full and shining bright Raptor sounds echoed of shrills and shrieks As the river danced with tiny white peaks Barren Trees glistened with frosty limbs Nighttime sounds sing soothing hymns Nocturnal creatures now actively awake Busy searching for food scraps to take A deer appears along the riverbank to drink Cautiously touching the water not to sink An owl swoops down with expanded wings and hoots and coos as his hunting begins Feasting river rats quickly scurry to hide As the owl continues to swoop and glide A fish catch in his talons as he flies to his nest A feast for his family before he can rest