Winter Night Walk

 

Iluminated reindeer are grazing in suburbia

while Santa is doing headstands or climbing gable walls

your common or garden hedges are strung with flickering lights

that tango and foxtrot to a northerly breeze

and even chimney pots and eaves emit sparkles

that signal wonder into  outer space-

fairy dust thickens the air-

and overhead, if we could only see them,

migratory birds headed for warmer climes.

are using the stars to navigate night skies.

Copyright 2024 Cathy Leonard