The air was thick,

With fog and fear,

I trembled in an alley, all alone,

The world had tossed me aside,

My mother trapped and beaten.

It was me, just me, truly all alone.

I tried to cry, but no tears came out,

Tried to bark, to find no sound,

Tried to move, to find no strength,

I really would die, all alone.

My drooping ears caught a sound,

I tried to shrink away in fear.

A young girl, crouched beside me,

that creature all alone.

She stretched her hand out,

I raised my head,

We saw each other’s perfection.

Looked beyond our so-called mistakes.

I heard her whisper ”I’ll care for you”,

My heart once shattered ,

Began to mend…

Together we ran, we leapt, we loved,

A life I led beyond imagination.

Magically our bond grew strong.

My 3 legs and her 3 limbs fitted together always.

The world may have judged us, found us ‘not normal’,

But that never mattered to us, not once.

Through summers and winters,

Through rain or shine,

I walked beside her proud.

Until I couldn’t…

Days went by and I knew it was time,

Slowly I prepared her,

But she prepared me too.

I lay my head in her lap and let her cry,

I looked into her eyes,

And wished her silently.

Goodbye my friend,

And thank you

For never leaving me all alone.