I happily greet Him at the door as He came home,
He seems stressed and distracted, but I don’t care, I love Him anyways,
He pushes by me with great force, knocking me to the floor,
Not even stopping to apologize,
But as I always do, I forgive Him.
He dropped onto the so called “couch”,
Why? I don’t know,
I call it my bed, since it’s the only place I can find space to sleep,
I hear a can being opened,
Maybe it’s finally time to eat again,
Seems like it’s been awhile.
Turns out it was His dinner,
I guess he forgot me again.
Oh well...
I’m very hungry,
Yet I still forgive Him.
He switches clothes and climbs into his sleeping place,
The very sacred, comfortable mattress, with many plush blankets
I leap up onto the “bed”, and snuggle up next to him,
He kicks me off, again,
I don’t mind,
Maybe He wants to stretch out,
I can go to sleep on the lonely, desolate couch,
I guess I can forgive him.
He calls me to come get into the car,
One of my favorite things!
I stick my head out the window,
Water starts running down his face,
I don’t know why it is,
I lick the water and it comes down faster,
We have arrived.
This is an unknown place,
There are many strange people here, with many smells,
He speaks to the people there and they take me to the back,
They seem nice, so I follow along contentedly,
He lags behind, then disappears,
I still forgive him,
They lock me in a cage, with food and cold water,
I am grateful,
I don’t know how long it has been,
I see others come and go,
With nice, loving families,
When will he come back?
Hours turn into days,
Days into months,
He’s not coming back, is He?
I see a little boy stop at my cage,
“Mommy, can I get this one?”
“Are you sure, Sweetie? It’s a big responsibility, ”
The mother say, unsure of the situation,.
“Absolutely!”
The child picks me up in his weak, yet trustworthy arms,
They took me home.
They have a great big yard for me to play,
Food to eat and water to drink,
And plenty of love to be shared amongst our new family,
It’s not the completely the same,
But I am grateful,
I do forgive Him,
But I will never forget.
