Passing Clouds Of Fantasy Rise from the Briar bowl And scamper along the ceiling Then disperse Like a Hamadryad On a dying tree The soft cumulus, without Begins to weep Solitary droplets Splattering on the rooftops As a rainbow Arches over the distant horizon The sky clears Whilst the cool Autumn sun Shrinks with the cold As light turns to twilight As the creatures of the night Sing a gentle serenade As the trees, stretch, and yawn In anticipation Of the coming winter cold Soon after the sun has set Birdsong Is silenced By the hooting of an owl And a variety of screeches From creatures that prowl The night becomes enchanted And possessed of a curious mystique Mesmerised by this sight As the fairies of the night Cast their magic Quite unique