midnight suprise

 Father it is cold now,

why midnight have you chosen?

The gound now crackles under foot

everything feels frozen
 

The trees are bare, with few leaves

the ones still there are brown

The rest have stored themselves beneath

the fresh snow on the ground

 
The moon has shown us all there is

but nothing stirs this night

I would guess the likely cause

is jack frosts nippy bite

 
With a slightly muted chuckle

he tilted back his hat

He wondered how she breathed between

the words of this and that

 
Gently he then touched her lips

said sissy close your eyes

leave your ears to learn the tale

of this nights surprise

 
At first her face was without thought

she then produced a frown

She heard it once and then again

a scratching, raspy sound

 
She chanced a peek with one eye

to see a tiny mouse

Busy was he working now

building his new house

 
You see now we need not complain

of snow and ice this night

For somewhere in most all of time

a life is in delight