Screech owl sings in the early morn,
moon’s gone home, and I’m all alone
Her tremelo trills high to low,
shivers souls, rattles old bones
She sings, heartbreak don’t leave me now
I’m needin’ this sorrow to seed tomorrow
Takes that ache to shake me down
Ain’t no queen, ain’t got no crown
Screech owl sing me into hollow holes,
make night quiver till dawn unfolds
Screech owl sing me into rising sun
Can’t do this livin’ dark and undone
She sings, heartbreak don’t leave me now
I’m needin’ this sorrow to seed tomorrow
Takes that ache to shake me down
Ain’t no queen, ain’t got no crown
Screech owl sing me into rising sun
Can’t do this livin’ dark and undone
Can’t do this, oh no, can’t go on alone
Can’t do this livin’ dark and undone
Catherine Arra is the author of four full-length poetry collections and four chapbooks. Her newest work is Solitude, Tarot & the Corona Blues (Kelsay Books, 2022) A Pushcart nominee, Arra is a native of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York, where she lives with wildlife and changing seasons until winter when she migrates to the Space Coast of Florida. Arra teaches part-time and facilitates local writing groups. Find her at www.catherinearra.com