Coyote's Mystery

Old prof
had dined and
met the Dine' shaman (medicine man)
at the cafe, Sunlight Surrender,
Willie 'Eagle who Walks' Nantan

Willie drove a beat-up pickup truck
you could hear it coming
from many miles away
Of course you could see a dust cloud
rising overhead and behind
billowing into a haze

he asked for a vision
from the Dine'
a seeker
'Little Spotted Dog'

Willie saw the wolf
he heard the coyotes warning
he dreamed a shape shifted
into a wolf
and a raven

Coyote's cry
as others join in
a cacophony
surrounding the wolf

Old prof watches
as shape shifts
a raven flees

Coyote cries
knocking upon the door
a young man emerges
smiling upon him
like stars
in his observatory
where mystery's abound

Coyote sings
beware the wolf
and the raven

Willie
Eagle who Walks
sky beams
star dreams
Moon visions
fly by sights
sounds of the Dine'
he hears the singing
envisions the wolf
and raven

Willie
Eagle who Walks
talks to sky watcher
to 'little spotted dog'
to the elders

Willie
watches and he sees
shadows flying
wings unfolding
over the elders circle
he who seeks
walks flying
envisioning

A series of calls blow
from the desert, the desert
dust clouds the sky
it's the dreaming Willie
Nantan who sees
the fire upon the desert floor
the wolf slipping from the
cliff face hiding a cave

Eagle who Walks
flies from twilight to midnight
from dusk to dawn
walking, watching
waiting for a raven

Willie
travels dirt tracks
covers the plateau of hues
blending into the desert
talking to sky watcher
to 'little Spotted Dog'
to the elders
in a 'Blessing Way'
sounds of the Dine'

Eagle who Walks
watches shifting shapes
trying to fool the shaman
and the old prof
sky watcher

(c) Dale Clark