Dog Star
Guide
For old adventurers
Black knight
Long gone crusades
Wand outstretched like waiting blade
For fate to guide its striking blow
Below the willow tree
I remember
Your picture, gaunt and lean
Haunted by specters, dementors
Tortured by memory
Chisled by pain
In my mind, your face the same
As twelve years ago
At weddings
Unchanged
Star light, star bright
Guide you home to me tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
To grab a leash, a muzzle
Keep you close, keep you safe
Don't stray far, don't touch the sky
Don't become another light
Too late.
You didn't listen
On four paws you went
Leapt into the sky, black
Knight, sword away
Gone today
But I…
I
Am here to stay