insomnia & the scratching of a dog’s belly

the sun is rising regardless of one’s feelings on the subject &

though the night has brought no rest, no relief & clearly

no satisfaction,

one walks out into the living room where the dog is sleeping soundly

as he always does

drifting away into some dream state that has got to be more amusing than

staring awake at the wall, waiting for work to scream back

all the sweet nothings of a life growing shorter by the days &

an exhaustive way of going about it,

still, the dog awakes

looking up through the broken light bits of the daybreak

bearing beautiful eyes &

a comfort that only such loyalty can provide,

with tail wagging (pounding against the floor)

and the sideways slump of his lips & teeth mashed into the carpet

with a yawn here &

a yawn there---

wanting to know the secret,

laying down on the floor next to the dog,

the arm crawls up his belly and itches as

the tail wags more rhythmically &

he rolls halfway over

to allow for the covering of more belly area for

scratching---

though the eyes will not close &

the mind runs rampant with worry, anxieties & all the

horrible mental trappings of human

“fun,”

the dog settles for the belly scratch,

content to get some more sleep when the human leaves

content to rest himself on the carpet

content to lick arms & hands in appreciation &

even if 40 winks are so very very far away

it can sorta’ make up for it

if ya let it.

Reviews

[Poeticpiers]

Dogs have a great deal more sense than to worry about not sleeping.
Personally when I can't sleep I write instead no point in tossing and turning trying to do the impossible.Being old I tend to cat nap at intervals