The owl in the dark Forest

"It was outside somewhere dark, trees taller than any I actually know, and an owl was perched low on a branch near me, not flying off, just watching with those slow blinking eyes. didn't feel any urge to move away, just stood there with it, calm settling in. It tilted its head a little, that smooth kind of movement, and the quiet around us felt full instead of empty, just the two of us in that stillness. reached a hand out, not really expecting anything, and it didn't flinch, just kept watching. I sat down at the base of the tree at some point, didn't plan to, body just did it, and the owl stayed right where it was the whole time, steady presence above me. sky through the branches had that soft hazy dream light. I stayed like that a long while, no rush anywhere in me. It finally lifted off slow, no hurry to that either, circled once and was gone. I sat there a bit longer in the quiet it left behind. Woke up still carrying that same stillness."