WATER DOG

She awoke from a dream
The gods fell to sleep
Time turned to dust
It dirtied her feet

She pulled up the roots
She fell to her knees
She sank in the mud
The roots, they ran deep

The earth, it had bound her
A heartbeat, an anchor
A gate and a keeper
The sap in a tree

Her father was a fire dog
Her brother, a golden dog
She was the water dog
Born from the sea

A dark lotus opened
In the belly of the ocean
She awoke from a dream
As the gods fell to sleep.