Against the inky canopy, stars flicker as if winking at an unseen moon
Flicker in their death throes across the vast expanse of time
One final burst of light to greet the coming dark
One final farewell before black engulfs the sky

Their dying light echoes, relecting off ripples in black lake waters,
Ripples that slowly stretch from shore to shore,
Fragments of energy ever dissapating
Ever weakening till the surface becomes still as the sky above

All is quiet now, the glory of silence permeates the landscape,
The stillness settling panic in prey
Settling malevolent urges in nocturnal winged predators
Water and sky,
Mouse and owl,
Man and beast,
The symphony of nature itself revels in the serenity of night