FoundAlongRoad

Curled up on my hand
Like he thinks he fits
And he does
Nestled like between my ribs
Wanna just lay still, listen to his breath
For every hour every year that I have left
Only leave this bed
To take him in the sun
Watch his tail wag
Or to go be in my mom’s arms
Soothing presence
Laying in the awakening
Wish I could reach out
And pluck the sand from time’s stream
Hold it in the hand he’s not laying in
Keep it with me
Like my own few minutes
Stretched out eternally
Maybe at the golden hour
To prolong ours
Just streaks of a settling day
Washing over, never to fade
Suspended like dust in the light
If I held just a few grains so tight
One palm under my world
And the other I would sacrifice
Turn to pearls, to diamonds
A lifetime in the quiet