Walk

I just went and took my dog, Akyna, on a walk. It was dusk, the sun was setting, and I was feeling in an observant mood. So I opened up a bit, and jotted some mental notes down as we walked. These are the things we saw...

The rhyme scheme for this one is kind of... nonexistent. I wanted it to rhyme a bit, but it was a lost cause. The poem does what it wants, I really have no say in the long run.

Dog nails, click-clicking
On the dusty pavement
Sun waving its last
Feeble farewells

Lone bike rider
Each click of the spokes
Pedal lazily
A faint 'ting' of their bell

No hurried destination
Just a crinkled smile
Sympathy of years
Gray hair flicking in breeze

Mother with infant
Slung o'er shoulder
Toddler bobbing along
Falling upon bruised knees

Family of three
Wily dog at their side
Bounding about
Gnarled knots in the leash

Children playing make-believe
In their faded yard
Castles and dragons
Replace strengthening reality

Porch lights flicker on
Street lights follow suit
Rusted soldiers eager to please
Claiming the darkening street

Sirens wail in the distance
Shadows frolick
Trains bustle by, already
Of the past, quick as they came

Headlights roam
One after another
Ceaseless as the crickets' chirps
Echoing, amplifying, an orchestra

I sing along
And earn the knowing grins
Of an elderly couple
Strolling hand in hand

Such strong love!
How can it be encased
In such fragile forms?
Survive!

And the lone biker pedals on

Click-clicking.