Creatures of the Night

Through the thick outgrowth of trees,

Beneath the dark sky with cloud,

The wind created a mysterious move,

Absolutely flamboyant as it swished aloud!

Those mysterious pairs of wings, dark and thin -

Flew past me, swiftly with a swing,

Enjoying the game of hide and seek,

And suddenly, flashing in the night sky as a dark fringe!

Camouflaged by the Halloween’s nocturnal sky,

They played in pairs, or may be, more,

‘What nimble creatures are these?’, I wondered,

That frolicked around, while people would mostly snore!

Always I thought of them as sinister beings,

In malefic stories they have always grabbed a place;

They appear after dark, out in the open,

And, before dawn, hide in dismal places, seeking solace.

Awestruck by their spooky but playful flight,

I found their path quite hard to trace,

I felt then I must leave the place (where I was standing)

Or, I shall look, as if, intruding into their space.

They rule the darkness of the night,

No one can challenge their authority;

This is their time, but their reign will last for short,

Till the moment when sun outshines their naïve audacity……