Moonlight Surprise
The moonlight shines brightly
casting dancing shadows afar.
A tiger prowls past
Creeping into the night.
Just behind a tree
a crouching black mystery
seems to be stalking
me in the deep,
dark, black night shadows.
But as I draw
closer and closer surprise!
For the black mystery
Isn’t a scary thing.
As the dancing moonlight
shines ever so brightly.
Then I see revealed
our dog Elmo hiding
behind a dark tree.
Elmo crouches and waits
to doggy surprise me
in the night so
that I’m never alone.
Karen Hendriks
- Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #16
Australian Children’s Poetry Website 
I love reading this Author…….What a delight it must be to have a forever friend in a dog. Lovely Read Karen.
Thank you Leann and a dog like Elmo is a true mate.
LOVELY