courage

your dog
decides to run
away one
day. no note.
no message
left
on the fridge.
no dog bones
spelling out
what's up on your
pillow.
no farewell
bark.
he just leaves.
dropping his
his chain
and collar
on the floor
and goes
out the door,
over the fence
to his
new life,
to a world
without me.
you admire
his courage
and wish you
could do the same
sometimes.