Another Old Dog
” Memory of Youth”
Old dog, why do you lie so still?
Are you thinking of younger days
When you ran like the wind?
Old dog, Why do lie so still?
Are you thinking of how it used to be,
Barking; spinning, digging up the sand?
Old dog, why do you lie so still?
Do you remember the puppy in you
That has long since faded into the blue?
Old dog; why do you lie so still?
Are you thinking of tossing the toys
No longer giving you the same joys?
Old dog, I remember all those things…
And the happiness to my memory it brings….
I remember it all- the simple pleasure of a tennis ball;
Gulping your food; raising the brood;
Of kittens, foster dogs; many a critter-
You thought was YOUR litter.
Old dog; they are grown and gone.
Our time together is fading fast;
I remember the black muzzle;
Now white with age-
I remember the dark brown eyes
Now blue with haze.
I think back of the pep in your step;
Now nothing but a painful limp.
Your beautiful body; once so black and so silver
Has changed to white and lost all it’s shimmer.
Now your days are filled with pain;
Illness has taken you -where you remain.
Goodbye ; old Friend-
I will hold you through the end.
I will think of your strength ;
Your sweetness; as I watch you depart this world.
Your youth will then be restored……
Forever.