“Just A Puppy”

I’m just a puppy, can’t you see
Please don’t expect to much from me.
I must be trained, I must be taught
what I can do and what I cannot.
Taken from my momma and siblings to
I’m lost, alone in strange surroundings.
Please be patient, please be kind
until my place with you I find.
My little body’s fragile to
I may be a dog but my bones will break
if the proper care you don’t take.
I’m just a baby, a living being.
Not a kid’s toy or worse yet,
left alone tied to a stake or
a puppy mill, oh please, please not that fate!
Just look at me so cute and cuddly,
I’m even cute when I’m mud-puddly!
You wanted me, so here I am....
Only you can make our life so grand!
So love me and teach me as I grow,
I’ll give it all back for free you know.
I’ll be a good dog if you’re a good guide.
But patience and understanding are required,
your love most of all you must not hide.
I may be a baby, but I have acquired
the ability to sense human feelings hidden deep inside.
I may be a puppy but I won’t forget
who shows me the care and the love I need
to be the best dog you could ever get!
Everything I am is yours for free,
you light up my life when you notice me!
I’m just a puppy and like a human baby,
I’ll grow, I’ll learn, my molds in your hands.
You must be the one who understands
the wants and needs of your new baby.
A bundle of mischief, a bundle of laughs,
a bundle of love like you’ve never had!
And all from a dog, who is.......
just a puppy!
Kathy Henderson 1998

 

To All The Poets

(with broken hearts)
In this day of modern technology
you surf the web and often you see
many poems that people have written
in honor of their lost dogs and kittens.
They express their pain from their loss,
trying to find words to tell of the pet
that has left them.......and yet,
they know their pet lives on
and will forever stay
in their hearts, a heartbeat away.
Some of these folks, myself included
have never written poems before.
But when a pet leaves and your heart cries,
the words from your heart they just pour.
Most folks don’t understand the loss of a pet
for animal lovers really they’re not.
They may like them ok, but they can’t
really see why your stomachs in knots.
So words are unspoken
tho your heart is broken;
but the pain inside must be told
when life turns vicious and cold.
Poetry’s one way to share
with other hearts  in despair
for precious pets that are now gone,
for in grief you feel so alone.
My thanks to you poets
there on the net,
for sharing your feelings with us.
You may not know yet
just how much you help
with your poetry from the heart.
As for me -- I’ll visit you often
for my heart really does soften
to know how many who care.
I appreciate the time you take
to write, but most of all.....
God bless you for having a heart that shares.
Kathy Henderson  1998

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