"Watching and Listening" by Wolfspirit
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"Watching and Listening"
Young, as older souls and another...somewhere in between as where I watch and listen to a few of my teachers, and they too watch and listen to me.
Young vying for attention
Old correcting the other on mention
Young expressing his authority
Older attempting a chase of the young
In all his crippled yet determined glory
His health failing his problems evident
Yet he barks, barks and barks at the young
Till choking and out of breath
On crippled legs approaching his death
He seeing reason a need to protect
The feeling and the effect
For thee
As he continues to strive, one more day
To stay alive
For me
In the yard they lay
On a ground hard,
With skies of grey
Face to face
There in the dirt
The old can barely move
In his eyes is seen hurt
While the young stands proud
And loud as if to say
Dig, jump, and dodge
Come on, come on
Let's rumble old man
Alternatively, shall we play?
Then the teeth show
Drawn up are the lips
Of the old,
Waiting I watch
Not a time to scold
He demanding respect
From the young as told
The younger stronger,
Could surely fight harder and longer
Looks they both do to me to agree to the attack
I just watch, as they both stand
In addition, again they look back
The younger scuffs and pounces
The older rises barks and denounces
The youngest authority
Again, they both look to me
The leader of their pack
Waiting for my command
To ok the attack and fight to the death
But as I stand to command
Words heard from me
That neither agrees with
Nor entirely understands
Still they obey,
No, aloud I say,
They'll be no death this day.
© December 3rd 2004 R.S.T.H. AKA Wolfspirit All Rights Reserved.
This piece of writing above as inspired by watching my two so dearly loved dogs in the yard today. (Their names, the older- "Sir Bark-a lot" and the younger- "Samson") Thank you to all who come to visit here today to view my work.
Comments (9)
tolerancemewsic
you are so talented.
nativebaby
Excellent poem!!!
takesenemy
Wonderfully done, amazing how we become their world and they ours isn't it? Our dogs don't know they're dogs and I sometimes wonder if I am human, but we know we are of the same family that's what's important.
TallPockets
Excellent written work.
KarenJ
Well-written and thoughtful piece. Thanks for sharing it.
boodah30
I liked your poem. It was a very interesting read for me. Thank you for the description at the end. Today I am sad to say that I most put the mother of my other dog to rest today. Not the natural way, but to me I think she will be ok.
meico
This reads almost like a poetic fable ... fluent and perceptive. Truly we can learn a lot from animal behaviour - and I thank you, my friend, for pointing this out so enjoyably.
micsteel
You show a greater understanding of children than most humans... I have an old dog, over 100 pounds, tall; and a younger, 55-pound, yearling bi--- ahem, female, that can walk under his belly. All my animals are rescues, but I've had the older since he was small; when we met, he was no bigger than a small cat. Othila is gentle, though he frightens many people not used to large dogs. Rowan, on the other hand, was older when she was brought to me, and had been mistreated. She doesn't trust strangers, and although she's never bitten anyone, I feel she is the one to watch out for. She is faster that "T" and much more agile, especially now that his bones are hurting him. He has trouble standing up, while she can be over the fence before he lifts his head. Nevertheless, if she chose to challenge him, she would be on the street in a heartbeat! "Better fighter" is not "better person," and while a fighter may be treated with respect, is not better loved.
AlphaWolf007
Your work is amazing, I am very impressed. If I could write as well as you do, I would probably try and do a little more with my artwork. (like actually write a story that I could animate. :) Keep up the great work!!!