Ages, A NZ poem all dog people will understand

[silverwolf1]

AGES

Youth,
you ran and played with me.
Chasing your ball,
romping happily through the fields.
Eyes bright, ears cocked
and beating a cresendo with your tail.
A puppy to the core,
a joy to my heart.

Growing,
You played less,
worked more.
Always ready to do as I’d ask,
head up and tail straight,
waiting my commands.
Yet, with an eye ever on me
should I pick up your ball.
A puppy yet.

Age,
I watch you slow.
You’re stiff mornings now.
Your laughing bark rings less often
to my ear.
The bright brown eyes are cloudy now,
the ears and tail hang low.
Still you listen for my voice.
Your tail thumps, you nuzzle me,
holding your ball.
A puppy still at heart.

I rolled your ball today.
With effort, you raised your head.
A paw on your ball, you whimpered.
I’ll not ask you to play today,
and I’ll hold you as you go.
I owe you that.

And at the end,
the clouds part,
the bright eyes are there.
You nudge your ball,
lick my hand.
I try not to cry, knowing.
You are my puppy, forever.

silverwolf

[HairBear58]

blast it SW
just got thur reading this over at BB
still trying to get that speck outta my eye


thanks for shareing that from the heart
walk thu the life of our fine friends


HB58

[Honeyraptor]

Again reading this touched me so much it brought tears to my eyes...

You are a god in use of words to transfere and show emotions!
Sadly it is the truth and age is something i fear very much - especialy the ageing of my beloved...

Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

[BadBabe]

All I can say is WOW!!

That was amazing Silverwolf.

Thanx for sharing that!!

I would love to hear any more of your poems!!

~BadBabe~

[bigeasyd]

:( *sniffels*
I got sometink in my eye,...excuse me :(

[Tiny]

Oh -sigh- I do indeed understand, and it can apply to cats to, in different ways. This was beautiful wolf, a gorgeous dedication to a true friend, be he/she lover or not. :)

[RECONN]

SW that is a beautifull poem my eyes ard a little wet after reading it you rearly do have a way with words. It reminds me of my child hood dog jack, thank you :)

[Pantharas]

Silverwolf......thank you, that was beautiful. I had to wipe my eyes after reading this and you've touched my heart. Your poem brought to mind my Parakeet, Jake, who passed away in Sept. I miss him very much, he was a dear friend.

[Särx]

That was really touching, I had to go hug my pup after reading that. :( Thankyou

[kitaboi19]

OMG :( that wuz something else, please tell me you made that up cuz that wuz very awesome, yah braught up a tear there. Thats very sweet of you

peace

[CyberianHusky]

:( Great poem. Very touching indeed. Thanks for sharing!

[furisforfun]

You can read more of Silverwolf's work on the webpage from his profile ;)

[Morbid kitten]

wonderfully splendid I seldom cry over words but this is one touching me deep down into my heart.

10!

[st benard]

Amen.
Have read something along those line before, but I still get a little bit watery in the eyes reading that.

[Phynix_babe]

*sniff* Utterly beautiful, and yet so sad, why is it beauty causes such pain.

i cant wait till i vote so i may give people like you a ten.

xxxxx