For My Dear Dog Dreaming
** For My Dear Dog Dreaming **?
As our most holy Lord from his
Luminescent Heaven might wish of us,
We’ve a model for dawns of optimism…As
No matter what occurred
The day or night before,
It is the way of dogs to greet each new day
In its now and present moment
With wagging tails,
With panting smiles,
And with what seems, a walking about
On lighter feet — ready for discovery —
The way my own many mutts and spaniels did;
The way our doxie GiGi does now
— and no matter how I feel —
At our first morning’s exchanged glance,
For her,
I will sweetly intone, “Good! Good
Morning, Little Girl! So good to see you!”
And with that happily said, she’ll
Jump up on the bed beside me
Where I’ll briskly tussle the furry, black top
Of her head, which her 12 years
Has slightly streaked with gray
— quite like mine after all these passed decades.
In each new morning, she waits for me to exclaim,
“Hello, GiGi! So good to see you!
Where were you all night? Did you run free
Everywhere without your leash? So swiftly
Over hillside grass and fallen gold leaves?
Did you chase chipmunks?
Squirrels? Birds? Find any happy
Children to join in with their giggling games?”
As if to answer, GiGi will come closer,
Nudging her muzzle under my palm, touching
For more loving, while I continue
My almost singing, “I know, Little Girl, you had fun!
Because, I saw your closed eyelids flitter
As you softly squealed notes a few times, so
Slightly near a whimper. And I saw
Your snout twitch as you likely followed a trail;
Saw all four of your legs jerking, bending
Within your night’s escapade ~
Over which I stroked your long soft. back,
Hoping to help keep your unknown,
Canine dream in peace — “
I ‘d moved then to gently lean
My head by her head with
My envying imagination over her ear to
Whisper, “Bless you, my God-sent angel,
For all your lessons and devotion,
I love you…
See you in the morning…“
The every new morning
For which you remind me to find a smile.
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(c) sally young eslinger 11/13 /2022
Thanks be to God…
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