Overnight At The Riverside Tower

Evening colors linger on mountain paths.

Out beyond this study perched over River Gate,

At the cliff's edge, frail clouds

All night.

Among waves, a lone,

Moon.

As cranes trail off in flight, silent,

Wolves snarl over their kill.

I brood

Our wars, sleepless here and, to rightA relentless Heaven and Earth, powerless.