Running On The Otherside

by

Phil Pochurek

Your days are spent now mostly sleeping
Off in dreams where old dogs go.
Running chasing,on familar paths
To the lakes and rivers, the ones you know.
Half-blind, its hard to see
Half-deaf, its hard to hear.
Some days you're doing better
And others, you're too tired to care.
But in your dreams you're young again
Chasing seagulls on the beach,
Where from your bed, comes muffled barks.
Legs flailing, eyes a flutter
Chasing something just out of reach.
It's an easy place to go to
No aching muscles there.
You can run and bark all day long
And no one seems to care.
Then the laughter crashes in on you
You've been chasing in your sleep.
You're dignity gone
But your sole lingers on
While I pet you and quietly weep.
Now every time you close your eyes
You're where you want to be,
You sleep more now than your awake
More than you're with me.
I'll miss you when you don't come back
>From your favorite place to hide
But I'll always know that you're waiting for me,
Running on the other side.

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