We were so young,

little pups ready to begin the rest of their lives

huddled under a bridge for comfort.

Then one day, the hurricane came &

cast us all asunder,

something no one could have foreseen.

 

It took years to come to terms with the schism

but it made it all the more cathartic in the end.

I didn’t know how to live.

It just seemed so foreign

& then she came along & gave me

a refresher

 

& now I think I’m ready to get back to those

old blue jeans

wherever they make take me.