Mist+and+Moonlight


 * Mist and Moonlight**

Dark in the wood the shadows stir: What do you see? Mist and moonlight, light and cloud, Hunchback shapes that creep and crowd From tree to tree

Dark in the woods a thin wind calls: What do you hear? Frond and fern and clutching grass Snigger at you as you pass, Whispering fear

Dark in the woods a river flows: What does it hide? Otter, water rat, old tin can, Bones of fish .... and bones of a man Drift in its tide

Dark in the woods the owlets shriek: What do they cry? Choose between the wood and the river; Who comes here is lost forever And must die!

//Raymond Wilson//