{"id":693,"date":"2022-02-07T23:12:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T23:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2022-02-07T23:16:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T23:16:54","slug":"just-before-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Just Before Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.9.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px||16px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Just Before Sleep<\/span><\/h3>\n

<\/span>to Ella Rose, rescued <\/span>from a shelter 2016<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Do you know that <\/span>moment<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

just before sleep, <\/span><\/p>\n

eyes <\/span>barely open,<\/span><\/p>\n

in a twilight consciousness,<\/span><\/p>\n

still present, yet journeying<\/span><\/p>\n

toward rest, perhaps to dream?<\/span><\/p>\n

As we watch our dog, Ella Rose,<\/span><\/p>\n

so tired after a hard run<\/span><\/p>\n

in the snow, she can barely<\/span><\/p>\n

stay awake. <\/span>Her eyes almost <\/span>close. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then we speak. Ever vigilant,<\/span><\/p>\n

she <\/span>raises her head<\/span> to pay attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

We say<\/span> to each other,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Shhhhhh<\/span>. Let her rest!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Such a precious experience,<\/span><\/p>\n

to witness her last effort<\/span><\/p>\n

before she lets go, safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon deep asleep,<\/span><\/p>\n

she <\/span>barks, nos<\/span>e <\/span>twitches,<\/span><\/p>\n

full body quivers,<\/span><\/p>\n

her paws curve<\/span><\/p>\n

and tremble.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can our sweet affectionate<\/span><\/p>\n

Ella Rose, who loves to snuggle,<\/span><\/p>\n

be chasing a terrified rabbit<\/span><\/p>\n

to snap its neck?<\/span><\/p>\n

Or may we imagine<\/span><\/p>\n

she dreams<\/span> the promise<\/span><\/p>\n

of a domesticated \u201cGreenie\u201d bone,<\/span><\/p>\n

a treat after her Kibbles dinner<\/span><\/p>\n

she\u2019ll toss in the air, shake,<\/span> tease,<\/span><\/p>\n

pummel with her paws, <\/span><\/p>\n

then tear to shreds and devour<\/span><\/p>\n

on our <\/span>cosy<\/span> flowered living room rug<\/span>,<\/span><\/p>\n

fierce as if she\u2019s in the wild <\/span>wild<\/span> woods<\/span><\/p>\n

where some rabbit, safe in its burrow<\/span><\/p>\n

just now is dreaming a reprieve<\/span><\/p>\n

from fleeing<\/span><\/p>\n

for its life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just Before Sleep to Ella Rose, rescued from a shelter 2016 Do you know that moment just before sleep, eyes barely open, in a twilight consciousness, still present, yet journeying toward rest, perhaps to dream? As we watch our dog, Ella Rose, so tired after a hard run in the snow, she can barely stay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-poems","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}