My Pup
My pretty red Pup
Life is so fun for you.
What secrets do you know?

My pretty red Pup
My foundling Pup.
Scared of guns.
Scared of trucks.
What secrets do you hide?

My frolicking Pup.
Abandoned and lost.
Frightened and Starved.
I thank the fate that
Brought me to you
At the Welfare Gate.

I had no choice
the moment I saw you.
My friends ask what do
I see in a scrawny sick Pup?
What did I see in those
Gentle brown eyes?

I saw something I could
Not turn away from.
The snow came down
and I had to go back to get you.
The caretakers understood
and hung around just for us.

You are home now
I don't think my house was
ever right without you.
My Pup, my Pup
My beautiful red Pup.

You were home then
when I first wrote these words.
And now my house is empty.
But forever and ever
You will be in my heart and mind.