A man and his dog

whereas some men are dragged along by their dogs
this one is not, as soon as the little one starts barking and panting
to lunge at another dog three times his size, he finds himself
lofted high up in the air as if he had wings,
such liberty and freedom to fly like a bird in the air
while so securely attached to your one and only,
your beloved dad, that handsome man in the park
chatting it up with a cute girl close by who also happened
to be enjoying the sunshine after a long run of bitter cold.
four little legs spread as if to fly, momentarily distracted from barking,
not able to lunge, the cute little pup gazed at me
with a rather surprised, but still dignified expression
that compelled me to remove the smile crossing my lips
and take him seriously as he would expect even under
the rather undigified circumstances in which he found himself.