Taking myself for a walk

I never see another walker

When I go for a walk

Except a walker with a dog -

A dog taking a walker for a walk

But I don’t need a dog

When I go for a walk

I can walk all by myself

Without a four-legged friend

Who lives in my house 
To take me out for a walk

But I, like a dog, need to walk

Every day, because if I stay

In my house without going out

I feel sad and start acting badly

So I do daily take myself for a walk

Perhaps I am a dog?
A dog and a walker rolled into one

Or perhaps I just don’t need one,
A dog, to go for a walk

But like a dog on a walk

When I go for a walk I don’t walk

I bound along, like a happy song,

Until suddenly I stop

In my tracks

In the middle of the path

For no reason, other than to listen

Or to stare at something

That catches my eye or reaches my ear

Or better still I sniff the air

And wonder what it is

Until I’ve forgotten why it is

That I’m still standing there

And so once more I walk on, on my walk

My inner dog taking his walker out for a walk

And I when I go for a walk
I never meet another walker

Except a walker with a dog…