By:JodyMiller
(Dedicated with Love to Dukers)
July 17, 1997
The most
majestic creature found on earth,
To no such other has God given birth.
Standing tall and proud as can be,
I am happy to have one next to me.
Filled with such courage and loyalty,
He treats his person like royalty.
Of what I speak can only be a Dane,
For no other creature could be so tame.
A noble creature by your side,
Someone close in whom to confide.
With love in
his heart and drool on his face,
He will never run away,but will
always stay in place.
His one love of life is the human hand,
Together side by side against
the world we stand.
I am a dog, not lost.
You left me this morning high on a hill, Chasing a ball far into the
still.
I heard the engine rumble, I knew its song,
Any hurrying back, found you gone.
I am a dog, not lost.
The clocking hours now meet noon,
Sure I thought, You'd be there soon,
Cars and cars went on, sped by, None like yours and wondered why.
I am a dog, not lost.
Was it because I barked too soon,
Growled at people who didn't like you.
Should I have been meek and cringing, not proud.
A kind of being, shuffled in the crowd. I am a dog, not lost.
Many come in twos and fours,
Snarling, flinching, slinking roars. Were they left as I, or did they
stray,
What are their thoughts this time of day.
I am a dog, not lost.
Food left by, lies in the sand, You taught me, eat but from your hand.
Children come by and hug me good, Whispering they'd take me if they
could.
I am a dog, not lost.
Weeks of days and months of nights, Passersby say, what a sight.
My bones now show, I hardly walk. How long ago since we did talk.
I am a dog, not lost.
Weary, numb, I hardly see, It seems that now I'm at your feet,
Oh master, my master,
have you forgot, I'm yours, All yours.
A dog lost not. --Henry P. Gaewsky
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