Wishes (to Jay)

I wish that

I wish that

I were there

Now not later

I wish that

I wish that

You weren’t lonely

By my being

There with you

God how I

Wish that wishes

Always came true

I wish that

I wish that

I could wish

For more wishes

So that you

Were always happy

I wish that

I wish that

Was my wish

And that wish

Would come true

GoodDog

I am much

Like a dog

I enjoy being

Teased and played

With petted and

Called patted and

Reassured invited onto

The couch bathed

And preened and

Fed and like

A dog I

Enjoy being by

Your side on

Wooden trails in

Snow and rainy

Afternoons but what

I like most

Is simply this

The one that

You turn to

For comfort when

You are sad

That’s my place

Next to your

Warm hearts hearth

SpringCameHere

Like the spring

Came to winter

The thaw began

And warmed everything

That turned cold

Life began again

With one door

And one smile

Followed by rains

Of conversation and

Laughter and cajoling

And I bloomed

Yet once again

Lost&Found

What pulls me

Forward is the

Same thing that

Keeps me back

Trying to find

Those same things

That I’ve lost

In the past

And hoping to

Find them now

WhyNotWhatHappened

I did something

I must have

Or maybe what

I didn’t do

Is what happened

But still when

I hear the

Squeaky hinges of

Your door sound

I perk up

Like a dog

Hoping that you

Will open my

Door and smile

You never do

Anymore and yet

I wait with

Head on paws

Hoping one day

You will again

Open my door

And finally smile