The rosy rising sun issued the order
A raccoon fishing in a silvery stream
Washed hands and face ambled down a footpath
Toward his den tree and a day of dreams
A yellow moon dipped low behind a hill top,
Frogs finished serenades and closed their eyes,
An owl flew home without a feathery murmur
As dawn light brought the blue to sunny skies.
A squirrel left his next and started grooming,
A robin found a worm and flew away
Toward a nest of hungry, growing fledglings
As roosters crowed to recognize the day.
A herd of cows stood knee-deep in the clover,
A woodchuck yawned and peered out from his den
While other daylight creatures came on duty
Until the night guard took their posts again.