HUNTER'S LUCK

I guess I had no luck today
  no antlered monarch came my way
  to make breath catch and heartbeat pound
  my prey was nowhere to be found

My vigil started 'fore sunrise
  and ended with dark ,starry skies
  embedded in fall woods' embrace
  not moving from my vantage place

I got to see the break of dawn
  and saw the forest come awake
  I saw the dusky curtain drawn
  all as if for my own sake

Up in the air ,so way up high
  a pair of hawks danced in the sky
  they uttered out a high-pitched screech
  so far beyond my yearning reach

As my eyes returned to ground
  a scruffy coyote came around
  and as he turned his gaze toward me
  I didn't move, he didn't see

Throughout the day I saw the flocks
  of geese and doves and turkeys pass
  and even saw a few woodcocks
  who launched themselves from marshy grass

I think I may have even dozed
  until a distant truck door closed
  to awaken me in time
  to watch the evening sun's decline

The things you see and hear alone
  while in the woods far from a phone
  are never glimpsed by hurried faces
  while going through their hectic paces

And as the sun set behind me
  'twas nowhere else I'd rather be
  than in this lonesome, distant place
  surrounded by creation's grace

I guess I had no luck today
  I'm glad that it turned out that way