There are more than 2,000 ways to find love
and believing is key
when you believe impossible things -
Possible love is seen -
and sometimes it happens
six times before breakfast.

How lucky am I to have a puppy
who looks like he’s laughing
as all we can do is spend six hours a day training him,
only for it to feel like sometimes he hasn’t learned a thing.

I often see the beginning and end
at the same time -
you’re little and big,
young and old -
toddler and wise.

There is general acceptance and denial of age -
questions surround what it means 
to arrive at life’s middle, especially
as people we love leave us,
and we sometimes love enough to let them,
and grieve them.

What’s in a name? You’ll hear others say -
We will contend 
an underdog needs a strong name.