Under our
Foot strikes
The ground
Huffs and puffs
Like my Chocolate
Lab after a run
In the woods.
A drop of rain
Splatters
Against the
Ground’s
Throat.
It chokes
And spews
Dust into the
Nostrils of
My dog
Who gasps
For air.
Chest heaving
He looks
For the
Pond.
bobdahl 
I see by your next post that you/he found the pond.