Beer-soaked sweatshirt,
A rainbow of paw prints—
A gentle heart
Opened to the sky,
Vulnerable and beating—
The floors awash in gray,
Unfeeling in the waiting.
The wheel intangible
In my hands as I drive,
Rushing home to retrieve
The shoes I forgot
In red-lighted emergency—
Two ambulances amplified
The night turned cold,
In something unexpected.