A dog sits waiting, <br />His plumes tail gently waving, <br />As he waits for you to return. <br />He thought that they were going to get out to play, <br /> <br />So he dashed off after the ball, <br />And returned, <br />To find you gone. <br /> <br />Too faithful to walk away, <br />The dog stays waiting, <br />Day after day. <br /> <br />At last the magnificent stray's head drifts down, <br />Gleaming eyes close, <br />His legs have grown weak, his throat had parched dry, <br />He falls with a last sigh, <br /> <br />I wish you could see, <br />How a faithfully waiting dog dies.<br /><br />Jinx Natta<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-dog-sits-waiting/
