Another Day



Though having been many my old dog and I
Are here for another day anyway
On as good a day as any not to die
Or ask too many questions when we know
Already the dead who went ahead would say
To get while the getting is good and go
On with this ongoing opportunity
Not knowing how it goes until we try

That it may get better in a while so stay
To get it then but forget knowing why

I know if I ask them they will answer me
Why not anyway like they always do
That the rest of the way is destiny though
Not knowing best not really having to
So I stay to the end of the play to see
If it gets better before we get through
Open to hopeful possibility my
Old dog and I for the rest of the way

This is it after all for me and Brother
Dog to get through somehow or another
For my Brother Dog and me another day



Steven Curtis Lance

Photo: showing Brother Dog a hopeful stone I found