The Fox And The Moon..A Children's Verse Poem by Steve Howard

The moon that came to the meadow,
was as moon as a moon can be.
And the moon was old, and the moon was cold,
cold and old as a moon can be.
The fox that came to the meadow,
was as fox as a fox can be.
And the fox was old, and the fox was cold,
cold and old as a fox can be.
The moon looked down at the meadow.
"If a fox I could only be.
It could do no harm, just once to be warm.
To scamper wild and free."
The fox looked up at the heavens.
"If the moon I could only be.
Just to glide away till the break of day,
no hounds a chasing me."
They lingered there in the meadow,
until the sun ran both from sight.
But the moon was a fox, and
a fox was the moon,
on an old cold meadow night.