Maddie has a way with poetry. Maybe it came from reading Shel Silverstein when she was little! Who knows, but she’s pretty good at it too! How many 13-year-olds ask you to buy the poetry books of Maya Angelou?!!! Maya is Maddie’s hero and at some point, I’m sure she’ll tell you why. In the meantime, the poem below is one of my favorite’s that Maddie has written. Tom, the owner of Daggett Lake, had an awesome border collie named Zack. Maddie called him Zack Efron, like the “cute” actor (her words)! Zack passed away in 2017 and she wrote this poem to help ease the pain and gave it to Tom for Christmas.
Zack Efron
by Maddie Leaver
The spirit of an angel
the warmth of the sun
hair messed up and tangled
his eyes bright and fun
Running through the trees
wind blowing on his ears
the love in his heart that I see
yet it all brings me to tears
And so we move on
and slowly we die
soon his life would be gone
and his soul would rise
There he lay upon his bed
with his commander by his side
his eyes shut as he rested his head
and little Zack Efron washed into the tide
