It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.- Jim Harrison- The Road Home

After…
Some days drag on forever and night never comes
Leaving me yearning for darkness where dreams live on
While others slip away in a furry flash of light
and out of the corner of my eye I see you

Happy- prancing in morning sun, chasing butterflies
curiosity shining in mischievous eyes, living life
No thoughts of tomorrow but only today
a love so sweet, so tender and always remembered

And though your life was short compared to mine,
you left behind a broken heart that will only mend
with another faithful companion and friend

©2022 Linda Lee Lyberg

dVerse Poets Pub: Poetics- Opening Sentences of Famous Novels

Author’s Note: Come join us today at dVerse for Poetics where I am hosting. We are writing poems inspired by opening sentences of famous novels. I chose the sentence by Jim Harrison, one of my all time favorites. The pub opens at 3 PM EST.
This poem is dedicated to Ricky Bobby, “Bubba”, who we lost in January 2021. We had almost 17 years with him, and they were so precious.