As Night Falls

As night falls
I sit and listen
I hear stars shine
And dewdrops glisten

And mother moon
Wakes from her slumber
Across her sky
She gently trundles

Around, her children
Wake for the night
Mice steal their grain
Bats play and fight

Then far off
In the distant hills
A wolf cries out
The fear builds

The echoes cry
A mournful sound
Thats strikes a chord
True terror found

The moon's fair children
Stop mid flight
And vanish quickly
Out of sight

The moon herself
Draws tight her coat
The whispy clouds
To guard her throat

In deathly silence
That descends
The silent riders
Run their errands

The sons of darkness
Take their turn
To dance and play
To scald and burn

With nymphs and pixies
Shadows filled
Hobgoblins learing,
Dwarf craftsmen build

The faeries dance
Ghost pipers play
An endless throng
'Till break of day

Then the music dies
Echoes fade away
The moon drops her cloak
For another day

The last thing I saw
Sitting there that night
A shooting star
From dawn in flight

                          Thanks Rosie