I'm a Dog without a Bone
I'm waiting for the storm
I'm riding it early now
as lightning flashes in the dry desert sky
warning lights interject on the horizon
like the blue welcoming lights in an airport
flashing over and over for missing planes
that never come in

I pick up my walk with worry
hesitation even fear as a tumbleweed passes me
blowing by like a dry old newspaper
stickery in the wind then disappearing
into the wind
what about the globemaster the smiley faces?
the stealth a black cat? a black bat?
the emoticons?
the honey bear honey?
the Trans Am?
my doctorates my awards?

the vatican?
stevie ray vaughan and vivaldi?
national cathedral?

what happened to me?

it has been brief flashes

with and without substance

brief flashes that disappear

with the substance taken from

my hands from my child's life

until now

I'm a Dog without a Bone
I'm waiting for the storm
I'm riding it early now
as lightning flashes in the dry desert sky
warning lights interject on the horizon
like the blue welcoming lights in an airport
flashing over and over for missing planes
that never come in

I pick up my walk with worry
hesitation even fear as a tumbleweed passes me
blowing by like a dry old newspaper
stickery in the wind then disappearing
into the wind
what about the globemaster the smiley faces?
the stealth a black cat? a black bat?
the emoticons?
the honey bear honey?
the Trans Am?
my doctorates my awards?

the vatican?
stevie ray vaughan and vivaldi?
national cathedral?

what happened to me?

it has been brief flashes

with and without substance

brief flashes that disappear

with the substance taken from

my hands from my child's life

until now

© 1995 - 2010 Patricia McGurk Martin