By Mary Bach
This is my dapper, little Jack Russel Terrier, Otis. He’s wearing goggles because he’s nearly blind, but his pupils don’t constrict and the vet thought bright sun might be uncomfortable for him. The coat is because it’s about -10 F, and red is so jaunty!
You
and I
we build
a scaffolding
of
sighs
reaching to
the closer
clouds
our fears
are not
of flying
but of
falling
back
to earth
with those
who go about
their lives
as if
the sky
was only
empty
as if
it did
not contain
wonders
as if
it was not
the threshold to
heaven
By Mary Bach, previously published at http://writinginthebachs.blogspot.com/2014/11/sky-light.html
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