Respite

Settled into routines, 
we are surprised by the new.
Busy with our lives,
spare time is a treat.
I made time
     for a walk
	in the woods.
As darkness crept in, unnoticed around me
my eye was caught by a blur
      a motion
	of red.
A cat?
No. Nor a dog.
A fox. I’d never seen a wild fox.
It left as it had come.
        swiftly.
	stealthily.
Darkness continued to fall.
I returned to my home, glad for the free time.
       Content.
And it was dark.
       Was I changed?
Maybe- yes.
But, for that brief period of time,
I was content.