DREAM OF BLAZE
Dog I haven’t seen much
Less thought of in years
Was in my dream last night
Though I never paid him
Much attention in life
At his sudden appearance
I wept and cried out
Tried to explain to my girlfriend
Who was in the dream too
Holly this is Blaze
Who ran away years
Ago from that farm
That is gone now also
Come back covered
In ticks and burrs
Named Blaze though his fur
Is white and black and gray
And a better name
Might have been
Smoke or Soot
Indeed he smells
Faintly of fire
And as I pet him
Whispering Blaze
Blaze I notice there
Is something wrong
About his eyes
Dog I haven’t seen much
Less thought of in years
Was in my dream last night
Though I never paid him
Much attention in life
At his sudden appearance
I wept and cried out
Tried to explain to my girlfriend
Who was in the dream too
Holly this is Blaze
Who ran away years
Ago from that farm
That is gone now also
Come back covered
In ticks and burrs
Named Blaze though his fur
Is white and black and gray
And a better name
Might have been
Smoke or Soot
Indeed he smells
Faintly of fire
And as I pet him
Whispering Blaze
Blaze I notice there
Is something wrong
About his eyes