Monday, March 24, 2014

Darkness Lies

Under the cedar trees a waiting darkness lies.  Deep as a moonless night, it seemed to be a shadow of the entwined branches overhead.  The four legged resident of the house at the other end of the yard stood watching.  A faint sound brought his ears to attention and he tilted his head.


In silence the guardian of the yard and home moved across the lawn, his focus never wavering. A subtle movement within the blackness, a pause and then the neighbor’s black cat bounded out of the lair and through the fence leaving the dog barking at empty air.

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