Celebrating D.O.G.

With wiggles and bounces

Prances and pounces

You tumbled and bounded

Romped and galloped

Into my life

Into my home

And into my heart

And what happened next?

With each day spent together

I discovered a love

Like no other

With my trusted friend

My trusted companion

My dog

Together we shared

Weekend naps

And daily snuggles

Fetching and catching

And endless hours freely running

Uninhibitedly leaping

Dashing and chasing

And joyfully darting

With you

The day comes 

When Your muzzle is gray

And your twinkle

Is muted

My only regret

Is our time together

Is not near enough

Sunrise Alchemy

Creating

Making the day

An imaginative expression

Fashioned from your life’s clay 

And artful tools

You shape the momentum

Into possibility and passion

And glide into definition

The creation of this

Extraordinary day

Be

Ever here

Always present

Flowing and creating

Not prescribing nor ceaseless striving

But evolving and transforming

Into being

And existing

One with the rhythm

And motion of life

See

Can you see

The sunlight veiled in the mist?

Under cover as a shadow

Masquersding as a cloud

Can you see

The rays beckoning you

to their dance?

Hold on

...and when you've

Forgotten how to smile

Hold on

Until you meet

The beginning

Of a new day