On a Cold Winter Night

On a stormy winter night With a chimney only in sight… A pooch sat and stared… At the curious sight Of a flickering light That dazed and caught his sight… “Oh what is this flickery light!?”… Thought this curious pooch… “Whatever shall I do to this light that constantly makes me wag my tail?” Silently he stared and gave the flickering light a very serious glare… The pooch barked and howled wanting to play with this new light… But the light only flickered and glared… With colors about And sounds that would shout The pooch couldn’t resist… He slowly crept up and went for a pounce… But the light was no longer there… “Where did you go?” Thought the curious pooch with tail wagging that he just couldn’t hide… Fire & Ice contest Jessica Now alone in the dark Hearing the beating of his heart The pooch settled down and grinned and thought… “The light must have hid!” The pooch searched through the house, Under the couch, Behind the tree, Even under a flea… But the light was nowhere to be seen… With tail still wagging He curled up for a dream And slowly drifted off to sleep With the flickery light, dim but insight As well decided to sleep… On cold winter nights… With flickery lights… And a pooch with silly dreams, We understand the sight of sleepless nights And why “the dish ran away with the spoon”…