Stay

I sit

Stay.

Try to get the hang of it

Stay.

A puppy in training

Stay.

When I want to run and play

Stay.

Master’s voice exhorting me

Stay

I want to jump and dance and bark

Stay.

There’s a squirrel! OMG!

Stay.

Good girl

Stay.

What reward when I obey?    

Stay.

Do I please the master?

Stay.

Muscles beg to move or lounge.

Stay.

But sit, don’t look, except a peek

Stay.

And remember to breathe

Stay.

Just stay and stay and stay and

Stay.

When my mind jumps and runs and barks

Stay.

I say

Stay.

~Andrine de la Rocha

posted 3/11/2011