Chasing the Wind

Caution is a pause
within morning’s misty silence
as a deer gathers strength
within the lamp of his inheritance

others share this habitat
and danger equals momentum
as he launches hoofed feet
a race from coyotes as
deathly shadows in the forest

the escape continues across
clear-cuttings
down ancient trails
muddying cool streams
and during a pause disappears.

Hunters tested by this majestic foe
bested by a noble Prince.

© Richard L. Provencher