Real life

Bless you my darling pupster

For being with me

I am so sorry for the way I screamed and shouted

When you rolled in pooh

You were only being yourself

And doing what dogs love to do

I hate to see the look of shame that came

When you saw me freak out

What a bloody mess are humans

Why are we so spun out

By chaos

Is this not only nature?

When you look at me sometimes

I fall so deeply into love

When you see me in my soul

Then the old pain comes home to me

Of being all alone

There is a wound here

Close to my heart

It seems I have carried it about for years

Never really knowing what it meant

So much I had to deny

Of what it means

To be a human animal

Trying to fly above can feel nice

But sometimes it makes us lose a grounding of love

In the here and now

Anyway all I can do this afternoon

Is deeply apologize

Working to loosen

These bound up places

That make breathing and fully coming alive

Difficult

And then lie with you as we both

Breathe slowly in and out

Knowing that this love

This peace

This joy

This deep connection

Is truly truly

What real life

Is all about