Murphy
Black as the core of a shadow
Soft as a ‘can’t afford’ fleece
Warm as the ‘time to get up now’
Safe as yourself, only safer
Loving as only dogs can
Karen Doherty
Black as the core of a shadow
Soft as a ‘can’t afford’ fleece
Warm as the ‘time to get up now’
Safe as yourself, only safer
Loving as only dogs can
from The Thing that Mattered Most: Scottish poems for children edited by Julie Johnstone (SPL/B&W, 2006)
Reproduced by permission of the author.