hunt

eye track rabbit
far form below blends in underbrush

wheeling,
floating
on evergreen peak drafts
eyes pierce a path you are destined
to follow across bare country

in out...in out
a flash of fur

patient, eye circles
above your feeling fleeting form

shadows do not confuse
one eye sees where you've been -
the other knows where you are going

rocks, volcano boulders, valleys and dry river beds
(where you never sleep)
old latent images
thrive to harbor your grieving desire

your shelter search takes on immediacy
as energy adrenaline wanes

wings fold with forgiveness,
trusted talons thrust
eye dive

with one last burst
you take evasive action
among wild berries
their sweetness a faint taste

my sharpness tears you away from earth
into another world