Rainy Day Sonnet

Rainy Day Sonnet.

 It is so quiet here in my village when it is raining
 dogs in outhouses are overtaken by melancholia.
It appears so useless to bark and their dream might
 be of an otherworldly nature knowledge they are 
unable to share the sense that their servitude status 
a clown for us to laugh at is not dignified.
Once they were equal to other beings that roamed
the forests and plains the camaraderie of the flock
now their existence is in your hands, and it is a burden
we must carry gently 

Yes, light rain makes me moody, my loneliness hurts
yearning for a mythical past, I think like the dogs there must 
be something more to life than sitting in a cabin waiting 
for the sun to shine and warm old bones.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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