Meaty hunks of feather and plumage heave through the canopy of shadows
Only seen against the backdrop of moon and star and winking far away aero plane
Wonder and amusement fight for the top spot
Lean back and feel heavy and light
Feet dangle into dark space
Toes reaching for a ground so far and deep into the shadows below
Aching for the earthen safety, resonance
As darkness deepens so does gravity
Pulling bone and skin deep into mossy bark
Soles find purchase on the heavy ground of stark blackness that chokes the wary
Breathe, breathe, BREATHE
Startling whispers of branches and cooing
Long necked birds of feast caw the last words of goodnight
Echoe through the trees here and there
Rustling, settling, pruning
Each taking their time
Silence becomes impossibly loud, impossibly distant
An endless basket of whoops and crunches and swivels and howls
Tiptoes and pounces and deep cries
Rolling in the sweetness of deep dark
Sunlight brings dreams and yawns
Moon brings bounty and slithers