Silent Language

We look into a dogs eyes
and its their soul we see.
They talk to us without a sound
for from sin their souls are free.
We see their love and trust in us
as they watch our every move.
We see the fear of punishment
when anger is our mood.
Their silent language we all know,
no doubt is in our minds.
The body language says a lot
but to their eyes we can’t be blind.
Like children they tell us they feel bad
tho not a sound is made.
Two anxious eyes bore holes in us
when food is on our plates.
All these things we all know
without a single doubt.
Those happy eyes when we come home,
those eyes that want to shout!
Silent language they possess
is of the purest kind.
Such love and trust and faithfulness
in humans we won’t find.
And when we sit our heads hung low
in torment, filled with anguish,
two eyes are there to offer help
if we but hear their silent language.
Kathy Henderson
10 - 1998

 

He Sits Alone

He sits all alone looking for you,
Scared and confused, don’t know what to do.
If he strays from this spot you might never find him
So he’s not going to move, you can’t even lure him.
People they pass and they look at him there,
Some smile as they go, but most just don’t care.
He sits all alone; he looks so lonely….
His whines no one hears, he waits for you only.
A pretty little guy, how can this be?
To be left alone for the whole world to see.
He didn’t understand when you had to go,
Bills have to be paid no choice you know!
So there he sits, framed in the window
Watching for you and seeing the wind blow.
Perched on top of your favorite chair,
He thinks you won’t know you won’t see the hair.
He’ll disappear when he sees you coming,
At the doors where he’ll be dancing and spinning!
He’ll whine and bark, maybe even howl,
So happy is he that you’re home now!!
Kathy Henderson
10 - 1998

I Watch You in Silence

I watch you in silence there in your bed,
Little feet twitching then you roll your head.
What are you dreaming, I think to myself,
Are you winning the race or being chased yourself?
You roll around and make a “sighing” sound,
I smile and I think…you lazy old hound!
You ate everything you were offered tonight,
Your tummy bulges, you’re a funny sight!
There’s nothing wrong with the picture I see
Except the decision that’s been placed on me.
The disease you carry can’t be reversed,
You seem fine now, but soon you’ll get worse.
I can’t put you through it; I love you to much
But now you seem healthy, how can I do such?
You’ve been my best friend for so many years,
The smile on my face just turned to tears.
We have sometime to get ourselves ready
Before your little body becomes so unsteady.
I’m unsteady now, my heart already grieving,
So hard for me to think of you leaving.
What will I do without you around?
When at my feet you can no longer be found?
To know I’m the one who sent you away,
Will you understand somehow, some way?
I can’t be selfish and keep you for me,
For suffer you would and that just can’t be.
The decision was made when the tests came in,
The decision left now is just to be “when”?
I watch you in silence and pray through my tears
For the strength that I need to face my biggest fear.
It’s here before me and my life it’s crushed,
To lose my little friend that I love so much.
Kathy Henderson
11 – 1998

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