Satin dew on morning lawn
Birds wakening – chatter
As if the news
Busied spider making home anew
Worm steals through a bed
As if intruder
Startled squirrel chasing
Darting swifts teasing
As if a game
Tranquil world so beautiful
At peace
As if ….as if
The morning never came.
The Poet Layabout 