As stars begin to fade and the sun begins to show The horizon grows alight with a fiery glow The chirping of the songbirds Signals a new day Sounding throughout the forest Chasing night away Deep within his rocky den A bobcat stirs awake His golden eyes blink open He'll leave to hunt come daybreak A stag rubs his crown against a tree Bits of bark peeling off, small and curled Brushing away a velvety coat Until antlers are richly pearled A vixen slinks out of a well-hidden hole Amber eyes quite sly A young kit quickly follows He barks a hungry cry Squirrels cling to the trunks of tall oak trees Scurrying from limb to limb They daringly climb yet higher Where branches get dangerously slim A garter snake slithers by Hidden in the windswept grass Unseen by any creature She may happen to pass Riding the current of the quick-moving stream Their silver scales flash in the light Several small fish dart here and there Moving ever faster, hard to sight From wildcats to frisky squirrels, the forest is alive With chatter, buzz, and growls That continue to thrive When the moon casts its first eerie glow Silence seems to fall Spreading throughout the forest Until the owl's first call Bats flutter from their hanging places Coyotes scavenge for a meal Crickets chirping can be heard all around Frogs croak with plenty of zeal The forest is just as awake as it will be come new dawn Some hide and rest, others rouse Another day now gone
Credit to mckjd for the contest! I'm sorry I am such a hoooooooooorrible poet, and I'm sorry I didn't type it in the project, but I find it easier to eat this way. And another apology for the lazy drawing of a bobcat in a super-lazy background. Again, sorry it is so horrible, but I have this thing with poems, and that is I don't care for them unless they rhyme. Yeah, yeah, I know poetry doesn't have to rhyme, but I find it too easy unless it does. XD
