Black Dog Is Barking...

Black dog barked today Just to let me know Its presence still exists Just when I had Eagerly marked off the calender All the days it had missed Was this a warning I asked myself Not to get too sure of being free For as soon As I begin to snuggle into happiness Its ears prick up, and it growls at me I accepted its brief birth It swam around in me Begging me to hold it tight I gave it acknowledgement But refused to engage In yet another fight I found my feet I held my heart Praying 'Hold me so' And in my begging breath I felt the black dog Had for now, let me go...!