Pause Poem by Anna Banasiak

You and your dog - a lazy summer afternoon - you are drifting in and out of sleep - the dog is already deep in his type of sleep and everything else is paused. But the word " pause" suggests more than just a moment of time in which you drowse. It reveals your mind, poised between sleep and awake, is drawing energy from both states, and is perfectly at peace. That is how you grasp the " moment of summer" before it disappears.