Sleeping Dog

Sleeping Dog

A whine, a snort, the faintest bark
floats in the air. Without a care,
she moves along memory's arc.

Her legs move in a graceful dance,
forgetting her graying muzzle,
as she is taken by sleep's trance.
What she chases is a puzzle.

Has she returned to puppyhood?
That time is past; it moves too fast
yet in dreams, that's not understood.

Does she visit halcyon days
when we wore a younger man's clothes,
unaffected by time's malaise
or what chronic age would impose?

She travels in realms of the dark,
caught in its net; unknown – and yet
familiar as her favorite park.

With a sigh, she sinks into sleep;
her adventure done for the night.
Carbonate dreams, lost in the deep
recesses, no longer excite.

Prompt for: June 27, 2014
Subject or Theme: Write what you hear (close your eyes and describe whatever you hear around you)
Word(s) to Include: Carbonated, Chronic
Forbidden Word(s): Cry, ear, hear, loud, music, noise, soft, sound, speech, talk
Additional Parameters: Minimum 20 lines.
Form: Saraband ~ The Saraband   is a septet form is taken from the musical dance form which has an alternate meter of: 3 – 4. The form follows the dance with two stanzas. The first one of 3 lines, and the second of 4 lines. The rhyme scheme is: a. x. a.....b. c. b. c. etc.

For Lily - my Scottish Deerhound

halcyon ~ happy; joyful; carefree
malaise ~ a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort
chronic ~ continuing a long time
carbonate ~ to make sprightly; enliven