Dog

Gentle creature
Full of love
Can I hug you?

Soft hair against my face
Friend to the human race
Forever forgiving

We run through 
The long grass
Of the apple orchard 
Together

Your ears fly beside you 
Like wings of happiness
Softly drifting up and down

They’d love to lift you 
Far up Into the sky
Too bad about gravity

Your tongue lollops 
From the side of your mouth
Just because it can

You don’t care
What the world thinks of you
But you care about me

We drop down 
Into the tall grass
The smell of fallen apples
Stomped into the earth 
Beneath our backs

You lick my face
Snuggle up close to my heart
Your panting
Like a tiny motor engine
For my self confidence

We lie amongst the grass
Sun streaming onto our faces
Looking up at the sky
My dog and I