Doodle By Jah
Backwards he walks watching them follow
watching them borrow closed mindedness
from life and words filled with need.
The Face of a Dog In Tears...his thought
Pain erases the eyes as life blinks
Love shades the ears silenced
The tongue wags. The tail sings peace.
Joy the black and white German shepherd
Even in color part black
On white paper colored white
Guided unleashed to a page too short
Facing a line drawn wrong twice
at a speed too forced leaning.
Smudged whiskers mark a nose with no holes
and an unapparent bark
Barks pleased to roam lead unstreaked.
Our needed comradery of course
based on a friendship unmatched
Is man's bestest pal unarmed?
Word related checkmate minded
Appeased to guide those whole souled
by means of a simple sketch
His hug foretold to hold even those
Those that bite back fighting flesh
Only to trace back time left
And so he draws selflessness by heart
in ways to unsleeve His love
for those that time will not set.
Copyright © J Hamilton Gist | Year Posted 2016
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