Wide open to the world,
your love overflows.
I’ll admit it, I’m really, really partial to dogs (I am starting to like cats a lot, though, but I am basically a dog person). Labs, shelties, goldens, chihuahuas, dachshunds – you name it.
Days before the 2020 presidential election, Peter and I took a walk in one of Denver’s beautiful parks, on a gorgeous fall day. Approaching us from the opposite direction was a couple with their happy lab. Peter and I were in the throes of anxiety and agony over the upcoming election, and then there was this dog, approaching us with a big old smile, tongue hanging out, exuding joy and love. What a holy moment and holy messenger!
Thus was born this poem, in praise of dogs.
The entire poem is in PDF format.