Winter's Lunar Sonnet

The night was dark and cold, with snowflakes slowly drifting down to the earth's surface like feathers falling through the air. The moon was high above the trees, shining its radiance for the world to see. Tiny glistening stars twinkled in the darkness through small patches in the thick gray-white clouds....

A gentle pitter patter of running paws emerged from the calm forest, breaking the near silence. Darting out of the trees and into a clearing was a shadowy figure, stopping in the center to sniff the air. As it pointed its head up, the figure opened its mouth to pour out a beautiful song, a howl, which echoed through the woods. It unexpectedly stopped to sit down and wait...

Slowly, coming from the circle of trees, more shadowy figures appeared, forming a circle around the one figure in the center. Together, each figure thrust their heads into the air as they all let out a melody of howls, sounding almost like an orchestra of beautiful music....

As each howl continuously rang through the forest, the moon seemed to shine brighter than before. However, as the moon shown brighter, the gray-white clouds grew thicker, covering the moon as the gentle snowflakes came down harder than before. A furious wind soon picked up, as the tone of the melody grew stronger.....

Suddenly, the wind overpowered the shadow creatures' song, as the snow seemed to pound down in a raging manner. Nothing was in view, other than obscured visions of the forest through the fuming blizzard, as the song faded away into nothingness....

While the blizzard raged on, the shadow figures slowly disappeared through the nebulous clearing, fading away into the shadows of the trees, invisible through the blustering snow storm….