Dogs Poem by Paul Reed

You walk everywhere with dogs,
Tempting you from the shade
To stray to open places
Under the sun at it’s height;
Along coastlines, in parks, on paths
Through sun-scattered woods
Through long grasses
Up and down hills;
Under moonlit black skies in the dead of night
When the day has whispered it’s goodbye;
You share his world
In the sharpness of sight,
In the scent on the breeze,
In the faintest sound;
They drag you from your bed
To put on muddy shoes
And walk through rutted ground and puddles
Go to places you wouldn’t go
Without a dog;
They take you to the edge of freedom
Ignoring our boundaries;
Their energy knows no limit
They drag your tired legs
Beyond the distance you mean to go;
They relish the day
And jump up to you in sheer joy;
And to you
They impart a share of that joy.