Iron grate keeps winter out
Your claws click hymns on frozen stone
Rabbit fur on split lip now
Gun oil scent marks where you've gone
Cobblestone psalm you sing alone
Paw prints kneel where moonlight falls
Cobblestone psalm in minor key
Altos hum in cracked brick walls
Third time back to this same arch
Nose knows each chip and weathered groove
Sunday shoes wore paths this harsh
You trace them like a liturgy
Cobblestone psalm you sing alone
Paw prints kneel where moonlight falls
Cobblestone psalm in minor key
Altos hum in cracked brick walls
Collar gone but notch remains
Where leather bit through winter fur
No master's whistle calls your name
Just steam rising off your breath
Harmonica bleeds through ventilation shaft
Organ swells from basement mass
You howl the Gloria in broken Latin
We both know the words by heart
Cobblestone psalm you sing alone
Paw prints kneel where moonlight falls
Cobblestone psalm in minor key
Altos hum in cracked brick walls
Dawn fractures through smoked glass panes
Your shadow stretches toward the river
Same stones that held your puppy gait
Now hold the weight of what you've lost
Cobblestone psalm you sing alone
Paw prints kneel where moonlight falls
Cobblestone psalm in minor key
Altos hum in cracked brick walls
Cobblestone psalm — amen — amen
Stone keeps warmth long after you leave
Stone keeps warmth
