Poem 25: What to Write About?

So many thoughts are running through my head

Not sure if I should mention them all or concentrate on one topic instead

It’s early Monday morning thirty minutes to eight

With the whole day ahead of me I sit here in wait

Not sure on how to proceed or what I should do first

My case of Monday morning blues hasn’t even come close to my worst

I should be doing my usual which is walking the dog around town

But last night he wasn’t his usual self and kind of looked down

This morning he wasn’t in my face just raring to go

When he doesn’t do this, I know the walk is a no

He’s contracted lyme disease and some days he feels rough

Today is one of those days and I know it would be tough

Sure he would do the whole circuit without skipping a beat

But he could suffer for days before he’s ready to do a repeat

Those symptoms of his that I mentioned in poems before

They are all related to lyme disease so I have no idea what’s left in store

So we will monitor his behaviour and he’ll let us know

Tomorrow I could wake up and he’ll be raring to  go

This past weekend he was so active and playing around

This morning he is just laying and not making a sound

The last couple of days he was so active and never failed to impress

This morning he is so quiet, you might say he’s depressed

So I won’t dare to push him because he needs to recover

There are so many symptoms of this disease that we will discover

Today he is not near as bad as he was weeks before

Today he just looks exhausted but his paw doesn’t seem to be sore

Our plan is to pay attention to him when he is close in touch

If we stick to this program, perhaps he won’t have to suffer so much

With all of these ideas that were running through my brain

It turns out that the topic ended up being my dog once again