through the night
a well-worn cliché
moonless gloom
a silent stare from two dark eyes...
held by a look,
those soulless eyes of night
they capture all the light
a look with the predator’s sense
and the prey...
they suspect it.
deceitful mirage,
aggressive gaze maintain the stillness
and the desert cold
every moment furtive
shadow's always minimal
race down labyrinths of sand filled steps
the graceless night pursues
sharp objects claw into the flock
and the wounded...
now, they know it.