i love…
that dogs are your friends
wherever you go
quite pleased to greet you
from hanoi to palo alto.
it’s always a comfort
to see their lighthearted bounce
in places unfamiliar
a warmth so pronounced.
their pokey little heads,
enjoying an airy drive.
or sniffing intently
for discoveries to derive.
i hesitantly admit –
we need other humans
to survive,
but i think that
with dogs we are
fully,
present,
joyfully,
alive.