Sudden piercing highs

                                                                                  Author: Bruce Marlin

Image: A Cicada (here)

Melts the quiet of twilight
Sudden piercing highs
But just as suddenly it
turns melodious

Layered
lingering but firm

Oblivious of the
encroaching dark, 

An eerie
ensemble beckons

Loudest insect cry
Mating game or distress call
All sounding the same

An orchestra for
the long haul 

Throughout the night

Morbid in nature

Grace at d'Verse OLN #324