Looking for my lost dog

I walk down

the gravel

road.

looking

for my 

lost dog.

My feet hit

the gravel

with determination.

I am almost in

tears.

Where can

she be?

Maxine! 

I call her name.

She has saved

me many times.

Saved me 

from 

darkness

Saved me

from

my path

my present

my mistakes.

I need to

find her.

As I go around

the corner,

she is sitting.

Smiling her

dog smile.

I run to her

and put my arms 

around her.

I am crying and 

her coat

soaks up my tears.

She is a big

beautiful

German Shepard.

I look at her in the

eyes.

The eyes that have 

saved me.

She licks my tears 

and nuzzles my

neck like she 

always does

to comfort me.

She is the only

thing from the

past that 

I miss.

I wake from

this sweet dream.

sitting up

in bed I 

cry.

If I could 

turn back 

time she

would be the one 

thing

I revisit.

The shelter dog

that has my

heart safe

and taught

me that 

I could love.

Not to love 

someone else.

That..I have

been doing 

my whole life.

But to 

Love 

myself.

And

to save

myself.

and I 

have.