The cries of a dog
in death’s agony,
woke me up, awake,
from my restful sleep,
filling me with an
intense, restless urge
to relieve the hapless
misery-filled creature,
from its deep agony.

The dark shrouded night
beckoned me into its
sinister mouth, waiting
to swallow me, whole,
within its abysmal depths.
The incessant doggy cries
pulled a raw sensitized chord
of strange felt emotions
within the deep recesses
of my soul’s inner chambers.

I ran out, my fear overcome,
into the looming night, scary,
searching for the source
of that soul-rending cry.
Behind me came, eagerly
my first love, barking
wagging her lushy tail
with love filled brown eyes
to reach me, her mistress,
to protect her from all
lurking danger in the dark.

Blinding lights flashed
on my face, to my horror,
the pathetic doggy cries
mingled with the devilish
sound of tyres screeching.
There, in a pool of blood
lay my first love, sweet,
gone before my very eyes
sucked into the whirlpool
of that sinister ominous night,
forever and ever, timeless,
leaving me icy, shattered,
into a mute stupor, glassy
killing within me, completely
something cherished ‘n’ precious
forever and ever.