A LITTLE THING

Written by Lauri C. Meyers

DOGS SHOW LOVE & CARE | Artwork by Finn Rotert (age 6)

Sometimes my dog falls asleep
while I’m petting him.

I watch his blinks slow
until his eyes close.

It’s a little thing.

His legs twitch,
dream running…

again a wild wolf
owning the woods,
surviving on instinct.

Yet—

He lets me rub his belly
while he sleeps.
Fingertips in his fur,
my eyes close, too.
child's drawing; blonde boy lying on a blue couch with a brown labrador and a yellow pug uner a blue ceiling. the couch has a stack of pillows. the boy is smiling and has blue stars on his yellow shirt.

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Lauri C. Meyers writes for children from her little nook in New Jersey. Her poetry has appeared in Highlights High Five, School Magazine, Ember, Paperbound, Little Thoughts Press, and others. When she isn’t writing, she is giving her sweet Shih Tzu belly rubs. You can find her at www.laurimeyers.com or @laurimeyers.

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