[ CC ] All Night Slumber Party

       
I pond-ered as if rain---      
my wits slowly gathering; shape      
shifting consciousness expanding;      
coming to more senses than      
I was previously aware of.      
Embraced against bosom in welcoming arms,      
the Earth invited me to take rest in her cottage,      
yet we ended up chatting all night      
under a raftered porch of branches     
frosted with moonlight and starfire white;      
illuminated miniature kingdoms everwhere      
about us guarded by little moth-men      
and counseled by wise owl guardians.      
When morning came --- who knew
sleeping in the forest      
would be so enchanting?