Night - Nature

I Walked in the Woods, on a Moonlit path As Fireflies gathered around to Dance And Crickets and a Nightingale Chirped a Tune As a Distant Wolf, Howls at the Moon And a Glow-Eyed Owl, Territorially Asked Who-o-o- ! dares Invade and Interrupts Our Hullabaloo ? and the Leaves on the Oaks, Rustled an Answer across the Sky… and Wind Breezily Whispered… … Must Be A Night Creature Who Cannot Sleep Must Have A Night-Nature And Ventures Deep … Into The Nightshade and Hollyhocks Her Eyes, like Two Nimbus, Shimmery-Spots… … Now, The Path lay close, to a Bubbling Stream Which led to a Pool, of a Mirror-Sheen Denizens of the Dark, Grouped Near the Obsidian-Ink … in Hushed Agreement, as I Knelt To Drink… … Must Be A Night Creature She Drinks at Leisure Must Have A Night-Nature Look At Her Stature… Intrepid-Instinct, Even Blasé- Imbued Even in Silhouette- Shadows and Solitude… … And, as I Stroll Back, the Way I Came The Mysterious-Darkness Asked: “Had I Ever Been Tame?...” I Raised My Face, Replied, “Yes… Under God’s Hand… … And as I Stepped into the Tent... added… “And That Of My Man's”… … Must Be A Night Creature Hunting Treasure Must Have A Night-Nature Hunting Pleasure… … in The Measure of His Sweet Kissed-Reaction In The Measure of My Own, Night-Predator Passion…