Night Animals Poem by chris spurrell

Night is approaching the light fades away
Darkness is creeping to take over from day
Out come the animals that hunt in the night
The fox or the badger can give you a fright
As they roam about and into you path come
I wonder who'll be the first to run
The owl high above them is searching too
She may find a mouse or even a shrew
Blind bats flying about on tiny wings
Using their sonar they won't hit a thing
The moon and the stars will give them light
As they all go hunting through the night
But as morning comes and lights up the sky
Pushing the darkness away
Its home they must go to sleep
Through the day.