Home (JG)

Home

I sit near the window.
Outside somewhere 
a dog barks, 
his call a dark hard wind. 

I don’t know what he wants.  
To be in here with me? 
To be alone? 
To be with someone 
that neither he nor I know?

I can’t see the dog.  
He can’t see me, 
doesn’t know me, 
doesn’t wonder about me.  

If I growled would he hear me? 
Probably not.

I’m home 
pretending this is 
somewhere else, 
a place of peace and dreams, 
springs that last and bring forth 
flowers no eyes have seen.  

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