You came into our lives bringing love and trust, <br />your` affection had no strings. <br />We played together walked together slept together, <br />The faith you had in us reserved for kings. <br /> <br />You guarded our belongings and home. <br />You welcomed us when we had been away. <br />We know that you would have defended us <br />with your` life if needed one day. <br /> <br />We grew older together helped each other in sickness, <br />our lives slowing down together, <br />our walks getting fewer and fewer, <br />not always because of the weather. <br /> <br />Your` sight became dim till finally lost, <br />you were so clever you managed to cope, <br />could picture a scene avoiding the bumps, <br />a message to all who had given up hope. <br /> <br />Your` hearing was next in the ageing process <br />so sad to see you confused. <br />Deciding where the sound had come from <br />left you a little bemused. <br /> <br />Sadly we lost you a few weeks ago <br />since then our lives aren`t the same. <br />Your` bed it lies empty your` no longer here <br />tears well at the sound of your` name. <br /> <br />We`ll never forget you, though only a dog, <br />you affected our lives come what may. <br />The house seems so empty now you are gone. <br />You filled it with fun every day. <br /> <br />Copyright B Hough 2011<br /><br />George Bernard Hough<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/man-s-best-friend-21/
