Thread: Poems

Just some random dog poems I have collected over the years,

A dog does not live as long as a man and this natural law is the fount of many tears.
If boy and puppy might grow to manhood and doghood together, and together grow old, and so in due course die, fully many a heartache might be avoided.

But the world is not so ordered, and dogs will die and men will weep for them as long as there are dogs and man."


And

THE LAST BATTLE (aka If It Should Be) – Author Unknown

If it should be that I grow frail and weak,
And pain should keep me from my sleep,
Then will you do what must be done,
For this last battle can’t be won.

You will be sad I understand,
But don’t let grief then stay your hand,
For on this day, more than the rest,
Your love and friendship must stand the test.

We have had so many happy years,
You wouldn’t want me to suffer so.
When the time comes,
Please, let me go.

Take me to where my needs they’ll tend,
Only, stay with me until the end.
And hold me firm and speak to me,
Until my eyes no longer see.

I know in time you will agree,
It is a kindness you do to me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
From pain and suffering I have been saved.

Don’t grieve that it must be you
Who has to decide this thing to do
We’ve been so close – we two – these years,
Don’t let your heart hold any tears.


And my favourite

"Oh God, my master,
Should I gain the grace
To see thee face to face when life is ended,
Grant that a little dog
Who once thought I was god
Might see me face to face."

John Rucker