Envision

How cool

To think of
Me, in a race--
A walk to be exact,
The Strawberry Distance Challenge on Saturday.

I’ve never been this brave until now

Though it’s always been my new year’s goal,
A check off my bucket list on Saturday morn!

That’ll be me at the end, number six forty one,
Wearing the red t-shirt and a smile at the finish line.

(Build Up - each line has one line more than the one before.)

Glide and Glisten

She glides across the sidewalk and Bahia.
I can’t see her tiny fur legs.
All five pounds of her pulls my weight forward,
as she hovers over the smells of the day.

I can’t deny her though I glisten.

Her tail is a helicopter blade.
Her joy keeps me straight and steady,
there’s no turning back for the gate.

I begin to smell the flowers, see the lights.

I know this is good for us both. We exercise,
experience enjoyment, I accept the gift of it
now that we’re through.