Animals Amidst the Stars

written for the minus vowel contest, April 2nd, 2005

Animals in my dreams
Playing in star streams
Dance the starry paths
Within my dreams;

Strange animals they are,
Tigers and aardvarks,
And green-eyed giraffes
With jeweled wings.

By ancient lanes they tred,
By ancient paths they dance,
With jeweled wings they fly
Within my dreams;

And stars their magic sprinkle
As they shine and twinkle,
‘Til the stars will fade
When daybreak sings.

Written for the minus vowel contest, April 2nd, 2005