The Sound of Sunlight

Todd Davis

On the far side

of the canyon（峡谷）

light

is burning

through two

draws

like water

rushing

into an empty

riverbed.

A canyon wren

opens

her mouth

and a coyote（丛林狼）

stops

midtrail

before vanishing

among juniper.

As we descend

the eastern wall

we look

down

onto

ponderosa

pine

and witness

the shadow

of a merlin

chase

the merlin（灰背隼）

itself.

Behind us

in the meadow

where we lay

last night

the squall

of an elk

picks up

the sound

of sunlight

and joins it

in a flood

of bugling（喇叭，军号）.