A rock on a mountain peak
reflecting the sun's bright light
a home for a ground squirrel
warming her family's nest

Under a rainbow's great arc
red to violet colors
a sharp beaked golden eagle
soaring high in the blue sky

A coyote's haunting howl
a cluck of a desert quail
a shake of a snake's rattle
echo in a box canyon

The sounds of hunt and danger
herald the beginning day
and the end to a dark night
midst the sand and prickly pear