My Little Friend

Here is a story that has to be told,
for it is a tale I shall tell even as I grow old.
It starts on a rainy day in May or June,
the day I told my parents I wanted a dog or I would be like a cartoon.
Like the spoiled child I was to be,
they took me to the pound and granted me my plea.
It was a bundle of fur no bigger then my hand,
it stirred around then looked at me and took its stand.
Those eyes of deep blackness and forest brown,
and a head that was to a point and look like a little crown.
I didn't know the breed or didn't really care,
for we were an odd picture an unlikely pair.
He had shades of brown that streaked down his back,
and any sight of danger for me he would begin his attack.
Teeth firm with tension and fit to bite,
he stood before me ready to fight.
His love was complete not like those of our kind,
for he was the only creature to this day to help me unwind.
His playful kisses and venturous ways,
has my mind gaze back to those carefree days.
Then it came the day I left the door ajar,
and too my horror, hear a screeching car.
I ran to the front hoping it was not my friend,
for so many pets I seen before share this horrible end.
He was nowhere in sight when I got to the walk,
and then my mom came up to me and said we have to talk.
I feared for what I knew had to be true,
the friend I love was hurt this I knew.
My mother took me to the brush on the side of the house,
and there scurried out was my friend like a small mouse.
There was nothing we could do for this was the end,
we needed to take him to the vet and say goodbye to my friend.
He wobbled to my side and laid in my hand,
was there any justice in this life, or was this a hellish land!!!!
The drive was quick with tears running down my face,
and my father spoke softly say he shouldn't feel no pain and die with grace.
I hated the thought of those words spoken so long ago,
and I saw my father not as a father but a foe.
The injection is all I wanted to see,
and as I closed my eyes my friend was taken from me.

Written By
Robert Lee Niswander
Copyright 2004

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