Reunion

It's not quite that they're estranged
more simply though the genetic
roots are there, the bloodlines intact
they now are strangers to one another
one the beloved companion of humans
trusted and valued the other remaining
true to its inheritance of wild within
nature. In the urban setting the dog
is comfortable as a house pet though
comforted when introduced to the
forest when loping around the trails
the contact is made, an instant when
out of sight of its human the stealth
arrival of two coyotes immediately
arrests the white German Shepherd's
attention and he crouches in that stance
that imparts the invitation to play. A
language not uncommon to canides
leading the coyotes to respond with
all three cavorting into the forest
a trio of re-united family members.