Mackie and the Owl

Mackie and the Owl

Dr Abe V Rotor

Mackie poses before a wall mural painted by the 

author at her home in Lagro QC 2015

Mackie used to be afraid of the owl,

     imagined or on the screen.

and would fling into embrace blind

     until it is no longer seen.

The creature would appear in the dark,

     in her favorite cartoon;

by its hooting in the hollow of a tree,

     she would freeze like stone.

Until I captured the scary creature

     with paint brush on the wall,

where kids could talk to and touch; 

     now the owl is a friend to all. ~