Luna

Wet nose and snuffly kisses 
When darkness strangles me 
She offers her paw... cocks sweetly, her head 
Settles weight upon my knees

She seems to know me better 
Than I could ever know myself 
Somehow, she regulates my heartbeat
Soothes... helps me catch my breath

Her humanesqe smile‘s heart melting 
Loving gaze... forever fixed 
I’m her beloved ‘Mummy’ human 
She’s my faithful ‘Luna’ bitch 

Our love is unconditional 
It does not have a cost 
She warms me in the winter 
I save her half my lunch 

Takes pleasure in the small things 
Delicately... smells each flower
To her, I’m always beautiful 
She makes me feel empowered 

She’s my fluffy little angel 
My loving... furry friend 
One woman and her dog 
Each day’s a snuggle fest!

She knows just how to comfort
And loves my belly rubs 
When tears will not stop falling
Licks gently... shows her love 

She’s my saviour... little buddy 
Starlit moon... that lights my way 
She bathes my life in blessings
Guides me through... my sickest days

© Debbie Razey 2023 - Violet Moon Poetry 

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Belle Of The Sea.

As he opened that shell
A book…
of iridescent wonder,
sounding bell of the sea 
Its shrill… salty sweet tang
from the blue,
goose-necked barnacled,
plastic 
honesty-box altar
Snug, at the crux
where the seaweed’s woven…
rickety, 
knitted jetty 
kissed the black 
volcanic eeled road
Where a pot-holed pontoon 
with crab-pots strewn 
marked the spot!
Small...
orange roped floats 
strung like bunting, 
left gently bobbing 
Crowned...
the stunning 
hidden dalliance 
of warm tidal waves 
lapping
Over...
where Black Guillemots
pay their homage, 
past the abandoned 
carcass
of a picturesque postcard...
Croig Pier’s
fishing boat wreckage 
Where the day’s weary sun 
lulled...
spilled forth 
sun-blushed skies,
fine slithers of clouds
in gentle wisp 
of silk,
exsanguinating plumes
of rich salmon, pink hues
Ribbons…
of dusky decadent shades
through the jaws of decay’s 
splintered, archaic 
picture frames
Snapshots of time
unfurled...
through crumbling portholes,
slowly reclaimed 
by Nature’s 
powerful prowess

There… 
I cast out my soul 
upon a single 
iced breath
Set adrift…
upon the calm rhythmic sway
of clear sea-glass sheen 
over netted lace foam
Carved... 
by silver-edged waves 
of deep 
aquamarine
Mull’s 
golden orb bays
bathed
In sunlight’s cascade, 
falls fine twinkling rain 
from sun to the sea
Diamonds scattered… 
forever within me,
as then and there…
I knew...
instantly
I was meant to be 
her loyal
lifelong castaway 
Bound 
by her hypnotic ways 
for all eternity...
she would haunt me
She...
a grand Eagle Isle
with white-tipped shores 
Scotland’s priceless pearl 
the gem
of them all...
where my troubadour 
spirit 
would forever
roam free,
beneath her 
glacier Munros 
Proud...
speckled edged 
puffin cliffs 
loud...
beckoning me
in endless whispers 
bewitching,
from far across 
the cool 
cobalt 
langoustine sea
To please...
come on wee lassie 
come on, 
hurry home!

© Debbie Razey 2023 - Violet Moon Poetry