October 23, 2018

it takes my dog a while to recover

when he’s been left too long alone

he’ll follow us everywhere we go

to reassure himself we’re still here

looking panicked as we near a door

when we sit he’ll sit right next to us

as close as his doggy decency allows

reconnecting with the pack he loves

yet who left him all alone, once again

a sad little puppy, worried and forlorn

but with no words to speak his need

or to tell us how we did him wrong

some days I think I know

just how he must feel