What darkness also conjures

In the backyard evening settled,
I stretch my arms over my head,

take a deep breath, and exhale "Ko-ho--"
a sudden grunt from the nearby dark slope,

"Thuh-u-uh!"
on the back of my neck the hair stand.

An animal hurries down the hill then stops
in the midway, to glance at me.

revealed in the light is none other than 
my friend buck.

"Scared you?" to my voice,
toward me, he slowly moves;

the fear and joy; at the twilight, the twin;
he absorbs my smile,

learn one more of our being
in the dark.

©Byung A. Fallgren