Rhythms of the Night

The rhythms of the night Sounds of a dark symphony A mysterious cacophony Sends chill up and down the spine Shadows chase the light of a full moon Across meadow and forest green No stranger to nocturnal life Where life plays it’s game of opportune The voices of the night Many and strange they may be As the majestic screech owl in flight And the fox howls beneath the pines Night creatures scrambling in search of food For themselves and their kind in nest and den Ever willing to take a blind chance To survive Mother Nature’s food chain The noises of the night The yelps, screams, the flapping wings Sound so vicious ‘til the break of light When the sun chases the dark away And the dawn brings a freshness of calm Welcomed as a consoling balm And finds some respite from all the fright That’s found in the noises of the night The choruses of the night An eclectic choir of ancient song As from winged angels in hasty flight Prepping swamp and forest again Continuing the cycle of life That most never fully understand For it’s not easy to hear in daylight The insistent rhythms of the night