NaPoWriMo Day 4: Paws

I’m doing NaPoWriMo on napowrimo.net. The challenge is to write a poem a day in April. Today is actually day 4, but I discovered this late (story of my life), so I’m catching up this weekend!

This is the prompt for the April 4 poem: 

Write a poem based on an image from a dream. We don’t always remember our dreams, but images or ideas from them often stick with us for a very long time. 

 Paws

Her almond eyes meet mine,

Lighting up the dark,

Seeing into me, through me.

Long whiskers twitch,

Picking up strange incantations

Or movements on the wind.

I swear she smiles.

Do animals smile?

She comes to tell me I am blameless,

Her final goodbye was not my fault.

These are the thoughts I read,

Whether said or not. She nods.

Our connection is unbroken.

I miss her already, knowing it’s the last,

Her only visit. And so she turns,

Her message delivered in dreamtime.

And I wake.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, April 4, 2020