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MAN'S BEST FRIEND Come sit down beside me you fine friend of mine you’ve never complained and you never will whine you’re wagging your tail and it’s making me smile the best friend I’ve had in what seems like awhile. Those eyes understand what it means to feel joy so smart and so loyal you’re a wonderful boy you keep me from lonely watching out day and night your eyes shine such friendship if I’m happy they’re bright You enjoy eating grass but you can’t tell me why you are quite a tail-wagger and you’ve never been shy I’m grateful to have you you’re my family and home if it wasn’t for you I'd be here all alone You know when I’m hurting and you stay by my side you’re ready to walk and you’re ready to ride a constant companion excited each day always licking my face so we’ll get on our way. Like me you feel sadness like me you feel pain when I’m burdened with stress you will share in the strain you run with elation and walk with delight you sleep at my feet through the loneliest night. It’s said that you are lucky to have one friend in life I now am an old man without any wife still I am grateful for my four-legged friend we’re a pack and a family you protect and defend. If you pass-on before me what will I do then or if somehow I’m taken away from my friend the pain this would cause me if tragedy befell if I don’t see you in heaven I will bid them farewell. |
This Poem was Critiqued By: Joanne M Uppendahl On Date: 2003-09-07 18:08:43
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.85714
Hi Mark!!
Come sit down beside me
you fine friend of mine
you’ve never complained and
you never will whine
you’re wagging your tail
and it’s making me smile
the best friend I’ve had
in what seems like awhile.
Thia is a magnificent poem. As I write to you I am across the room from my daughter and
her dog. The kind of love dog's give comes without a price, without betrayal, without
insincerity. You give us this insight in this fine poem, as well as insight into our
own needs. The speaker has traveled down the road of life with many sorrow, and
relies upon his canine companion in a way that recognizes the true friendship between
the species rather than seeing the animal as a possession.
Those eyes understand
what it means to feel joy
so smart and so loyal
you’re a wonderful boy
you keep me from lonely
watching out day and night
your eyes shine such friendship
if I’m happy they’re bright
Here you show us that it is indeed a two-way street!
You enjoy eating grass
but you can’t tell me why
you are quite a tail-wagger
and you’ve never been shy
I’m grateful to have you
you’re my family and home
if it wasn’t for you
I'd be here all alone
You know when I’m hurting
and you stay by my side -- unmatched companionship in my estimation
you’re ready to walk
and you’re ready to ride
a constant companion
excited each day
always licking my face so
we’ll get on our way.
Like me you feel sadness
like me you feel pain
when I’m burdened with stress
you will share in the strain
you run with elation
and walk with delight
you sleep at my feet through
the loneliest night.
It’s said that you are lucky
to have one friend in life
I now am an old man
without any wife
still I am grateful
for my four-legged friend
we’re a pack and a family
you protect and defend.
Yes, you show us how dogs include us a a member of their pack, with the humna
taking the alpha dog role. Who else gives such loyalty as a dog?
If you pass-on before me
what will I do then
or if somehow I’m taken
away from my friend
the pain this would cause me
if tragedy befell
if I don’t see you in heaven
I will bid them farewell.
Very moving, and contains great truths! We must plan ahead for our animal companions
if we are aged or ill. And to conceive of a heaven without them doesn't seem like
something our Creator would do.
Grand poem, Mark - thank you for sharing it, and for speaking up for dogs!
All my best,
Joanne