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