Puppy Dog Eyes

Slobbery kisses welcome me home.

No matter how many days I’ve spent trekking my way

Through the dark days and darker nights

Of the Real World before seeing him again,

Slobbery kisses welcome me home.

Those puppy dog eyes stay young

Even when his idea of fun changed from

Chasing a grasshopper for five miles

To chasing nothing but sleep.

Even as his fur grays

His heart only grows.

Whenever I’m sad he lays his head in my lap

And looks up at me telling me it will all be okay.

His comfort is a blanket

Enveloping me in the strength to continue on.

Even when no one else is there,

Slobbery kisses welcome me home.

In a life as hard as this,

We all need a dog as soft as a kiss

To show us the importance of the true,

Selfless love of

Slobbery kisses to welcome us home.