Sep 2020
Love is a Labrador
waiting eagerly at the door
for your arrival
to bay with joy unchecked
at your entrance--
slobbering passionate kisses
all over your hands, face, neck, arms,
knees, toes--
And you embrace love--
call it by name and praise it.
Love is a walk around the block
with fresh enthusiasm for the
same old weeds.
It enjoys the simple pleasures.
waiting eagerly at the door
for your arrival
to bay with joy unchecked
at your entrance--
slobbering passionate kisses
all over your hands, face, neck, arms,
knees, toes--
And you embrace love--
call it by name and praise it.
Love is a walk around the block
with fresh enthusiasm for the
same old weeds.
It enjoys the simple pleasures.
In memory of my beloved companion, Beau. I wrote this several years ago with him in mind, and he passed last week. It felt appropriate to publish now.
