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.
If you sit beside me
Perhaps you will see
Life is but a dream
Life is full of wonder
And beautiful
Mysterious things
My life is splendid
And lovely to my dismay
It is not without blemish
It is not perfect or in a regretful way
My life is full of golden peaks
Made of heart and soul
An abundance of love
Unselfish and whole souled
In the prime of my life
A humble man set my soul afire
He is my saving grace
My knight-and-shining armor
All these days
You have loved me tenderly
You help fill a childhood void
You love me unconditionally
You love me wholeheartedly
You love me unselfishly
You are compassionate
Sympathetic and kind
You are affectionate
And never to tire of me
I will love you
Eternally
Copyright, Heather Mirassou, June 27, 2010
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