Dreaming Of Someone / A Vacant Dream

It’s 2am and I can’t get to sleep

I watch my beautiful dog, snoring as usual

I smile, thinking about earlier that day

I’ve never seen someone have so much fun as they play

She speeds around the park with a smile on her face

Jumping and bounding in the lake with a mate

Her eyes look up at mine, just checking I’m still there

One of the truest loves you can know

A bond that’s hard to find

When I watch her live life so fearlessly

I feel a little envy

I wish I could see the world the way she does

To realise the darkness I sit in is just in my mind

For some reason tonight my mind wont stop thinking

The questions are racing, I want the answer to life!

Questions Like; where has the women I grew up to be gone?

And if she’s ever coming back,, why is she taking so long?

The reason I smile when watching my dog

Is because we really are two peas in a pod

Just like her, I charged through life like a bull

If anything got in my way, it was gonna take a fall

I truly believed I could take on anything

As long as I could chase my tail, life didn’t faze me or sting

But our biggest similarity is she’s just as stubborn as me…

Well, I take that back, she’s as stubborn as I used to be

Everyday, without fail, once that lead goes back on

She hits the deck like thunder, letting me she ain’t done!

I laugh so much every time that she does this

Because she really makes me ponder and reminisce

She’s truly an inspiration, laying there so carefree

I realise my dog, a love pure as can be, is trying to remind me, that it’s OK to be me!

Written by C. Murphy © 2018