you are my brother and my strange acquaintance

You are my brother and my strange acquaintance,

My feral child,

Like a wild fox, you vanish into the trees,

Returning with a grin from ear to ear.

Your smile remains when I touch the window pane,

And summon the leaves to perform their mystical dance,

Churning in red tones on the edge of the wind.

Emerging from the branches like a mirage,

You elude me,

But in the waking dream of life I find you curled and docile.