My Dog's Collar

Coloured velvet red and a shiny silver
Engraved with her very own name
The collar is filled with happiness,
Howling dogs and miraculous memories

The colour hangs around my dog
Like a snake trying to hug someone
Malted in peanut butter fur
The collar has been everywhere

Time flies by like a train going past
All the colour fades away as winter walks by
The memories are still there but
I can’t visualise it fully

All I can see is my dog’s tail
Wagging every time I see her
My collar is a charm that
Connects me and my dog