[roadkill]

there is a full moon high in the star filled sky...the thin clouds drift slowly across the moons face...the moon's glow penetrates the soft thin clouds...highlighting the edges as if a flashlight behind lace...laying on my bed roll i look high into the night sky and see a shooting star zip across the darkness in an arc as if it is following the most outer layer of the earths's surface...i close my eyes and feel the feathery touch of an angel's wing wraping around me..enclosing me in it's warmth.. as protection from the evil that is in this world...i feel the cooling effect as a butterfly hovers just above my face...the wind through the pines brings a familiar scent gently to my nose...i hear the whipperwill coo for his mate off in the distance...i begin to feel safe...protected by all that is not good and right..the sound of the rustling leaves from a nearby dogwood as the soft wind glides past... it seems to be calling me to rest...i drift into the other realm where my mind will rest at least for the moment.