Dark Side of Night
The clouds scuttled across the night sky
obscuring from sight the silvery moon.
Which managed sometimes to peep out
covering the land with shadowed light.
In the shadows appeared mystical shapes
some were vegetation others were beasts
that stalked the land leaving one wondering
were they real or just obscure imagined
creatures fading deeply into the silent night.
Again the moon was covered by profound
darkness and all one could hear were things
scuttling around creeping ever closer to one
so close they came one could feel their breath.
Yet totally hidden from sight until the moon
briefly popped out lighting mysterious shapes
that seemed unreal as they fled from sight
leaving one feeling strangely unsettled
ill at ease one leaves the dark forest to itself.
Copyright © Shadow Hamilton | Year Posted 2023
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