STORM OVER THE GRAND CANYON, At the North Rim

Sunset colorfloats red cloud mists

Above the awesome deep

Night comes

fierce, on panther feet

The distant dark growls closer…closer

Lightning

Electrifying

Terrifying

Skydances fire

Thundergrowl shakes the canyon steeps

Windsnarled rain pounces

Drums upon stonecrumbling paths

The storm searches for prey

Claws at cold iron spiderfrail fences

That perch along the danger rims

Milehigh edges erode a little more

Inching back in secret abandoning

Of the old guard rails

The storm insatiable

Leaps its power to the canyon floor

Obliterates the ribbonriver trail

Unseen the river rushes on

The storm rages

A catalyst

As age-old spirits rise

And new ones in tribal bond

Join ancient bones

To trace the timecarved stone.