Bedding Down

Wailing winds, crying in the empty night; 
tripping leaves rattle across, walls and roads; 
click-clacking out a lullaby.

Soon, squirrels will be rocked into a 
hibernating dreamtime; 
their nests swaying in high treetops.

As fall unmasks winter, 
Mother Earth beds down her creatures; 
tucking them in for
the approaching nights.

Wrapped in her white blanket, 
she takes her, long-deserved rest.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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