You walk me down the same path each time <br /> <br />showing me that other world you inhabit <br />a thousand sights and sounds <br />and smells <br /> <br />I am unaware of. <br /> <br />You look at me with wet eyes <br />eager to share your various finds <br />and the crisp morning air <br /> <br />aligns with my need to rise <br />for the tour <br /> <br />you want to take me on. <br /> <br />You're my nature guide <br /> <br />and I <br />the student <br /> <br />who never graduates <br /> <br />learning each day <br /> <br />from my nature dog. <br />You pause <br />each bush <br />of intriguing interest <br /> <br />and you leave behind your scent <br /> <br />I guess to establish your ownership <br /> <br />then leaping along <br /> <br />to the next perpendicular <br /> <br />wondering why I don't <br /> <br />join in leaving behind <br /> <br />my own <br /> <br />pee mail. <br /> <br />And I think to myself <br />that just maybe one day <br /> <br />at night perhaps <br />I will <br /> <br />just to see <br /> <br />how you'd <br /> <br />react <br /> <br />cause I know <br /> <br />you'd never tell <br /> <br />and we'd both walk away <br /> <br />in the stealth of night <br /> <br />comrades <br /> <br />leaving behind our combined scents <br /> <br />for other dogs <br /> <br />to know <br /> <br />don't mess with <br /> <br />us <br /> <br />we have left behind two scents <br />on this bush. <br /> <br />Woff, woff <br /> <br />and we then move on.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/walking-two/
