As dusk settles down in San Antonio
the cicadas start a happy cheer
in competition with a lonesome owl
the wind sighs, softly whispers
as the deer comforts their young
stars in the heavens outshine
city lamps and car lights
neon lights sparkle
against the stark darkness
while the day-trippers’ dream
moaning, sighing in their sleep
night birds go about
their old haunts, to hunt
Yldara / Maria Stanphill 0208801
