Darkness is cast across the land.
Shadowing the trees in cloaks of mist,
Hiding the land from the sight of everyone.
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Then, suddenly
Light pours into the woods.
The sun, peaking above the high hills
Comes into view
Shining down on the land
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Everything awakes.
The birds, fluttering up
To sing the first morning song
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The doe raises its head as
The first light of day
Dapples across the ground.
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Soon, the mist clears,
Twisting away into nothingness
And the last traces of night vanish.
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The sun sees all, knows all
As it travels across the land.
It watches the sparrow's singing,
And the salmon jumping upstream.
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It even watches the trees, growing up
To the sun's rays
As they fall down to the earth.
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When the sun starts dipping
Low to the west
The land quiets again
And day slips back into night.
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Slowly, the mist creeps out
Of its hidden places and comes,
Twirling around the tree roots,
Conquering the land again.
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The woods are watches only by a lone owl,
who stares up at the stars,
watching them twinkle in and out,
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Cold like tiny pieces of ice,
But also hot,
As the parks from the day-fire.
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In the silence, the owl watched,
Looking through the gathering night
Up to the heavens far above.
And then, suddenly, with a great rush of wings,
He takes off!
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Stardust
PoetryWe are all made of Stardust Though we know it not We are all the same. Not diffrent. We are all one. - A collection of poems about the natural world. All poems are created by me. Cover made by me! Updated Wednesdays and Saturdays.
