Away and towards

My dear dog

Never truly mine

Her orange eyes

Alert

And pointed ears

Attentive

No other dogs to play with

In the house

She was so serene

But when she caught the breeze

When it caught her

Oh when that fleeting breeze blew

Those eyes of hers

Brighter

Wider

She’d run faster

Clumsier

Than anything I’d ever seen

Going going

Towards nothing fast

Away

From that cold pile of bricks

That no one ever called home

Only tragic humans

To keep her company

Humans she didn’t know

(you can never know them)

I too will run

I will run

Clumsy as she did

Away from all I know

Towards everything I don’t

Inside we are sad creatures

But out there

We set fire

Until then

I am here

Chained to a tree

Barking at the rain