Canis latrans

Coyote
Chuck Roberts

 

 


Seen but not heard,

 

heard but not seen,

 

my friend Coyote.

 

We have never met,

 

but each morning,

 

and later that night,

 

I hear you calling.

 

Our paths finally cross,

 

a fleeting glimpse,

 

as you glide across the ground,

 

underneath a moonlit sky.

 

Now I fully see you,

 

as you stand before me,

 

lifting your head high,

 

howling to the night.

 

 

 

~~~~~

Chuck Roberts is a Public Affairs Officer who works at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. During his 33 years serving in the Air Force and as a U.S. Civil Servant, he has worked in 28 countries as a daily newspaper reporter for the Stars & Stripes, a senior writer at Airman Magazine, and at various public affairs offices in England, Germany, Guam and Korea.