Cuddling With Rumi — My New Rescue Dog

A poem

Photo by mommy (author)

I breathe in Rumi,
my new Maltese mix rescue dog -
not a weighted blanket
yet thick as earth, breathing,
her bulk forms to my chest.

I cuddle her like a baby.
Like a baby fiddlehead fern
she curls to me.
Her head turns, close to mine
so intimate, natural,
as…