in the midst of mist
spirits marshal for
evening enterprise
when fogs rise,
lacey ghosts conjure
magic in mundane moments,
frolic here in the valley
Souls shimmer among us
we thought long gone
in clouded moon night
they gather,
do what they will
sheathed in vapors
shrouded by willows
their whispers heard echoing
in rippling creeks
deep in midnight
till thrice crowing cocks
alarm them back to sleep