Moonlit Night

A dog in the desert
a still moonlit night
the moon casts it's moonbeams
on different shapes of life
the stillness is brilliant
in it, a parody of peace
a small beam of it
shatters the black
and pierces a den yawning with life
then recedes
as the dust roils and covers tall sentinels once knowing life
but in stunned amazement can never see
if I talk to you in this night
of beauty and hope
will it float on the air
will it rise up in a tribute in a bubble of care
the stillness falling so heavy this evening
with cloying sweetness
in just memory
able to bring me back to that still moonlit night.