Vijaya Sundaram

Poet, Musician, Teacher, and Amateur Visual Artist

Hope is a Dog

Hope is a Dog

©October 14th, 2017

By Vijaya Sundaram

Hope is not “the thing with feathers
That perches in your soul.”
Nor is Hope a fluttering thing
At the bottom of a jar.

Hope is the forlorn Dog

Awaiting the return

Of those who’ve gone away 

Into the vast Unknown.



Hope is the Waiting Dog

Whose only job is this: 

Round up her family

And keep them safely home.

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