While We Sleep

Last night,
a creature
bounded
down the path and
brushed against
my tent

It shrieked as it ran
and
through the tent screen
I glimpsed
a sky
heavy with stars, 

I breathed
pulsing leaves, and
trembling raindrops

I sensed
creatures
that prowl
the night
while we sleep, and 

At daybreak
a baby
called
to the light
glowing
through
tent walls, and
the day
began again