2019 Golden Successes
I’M NOT SO OLD
I’m exceptionally
handsome and everyone agrees
I ‘m always really very good and try so
hard to please.
My man adored me ten long years but then
he let me go
How could that be from someone who had
said he loved me so?
It made me feel
confused and hurt and very, very scared
Suddenly I realized that, now, nobody
cared.
How could a bond as strong as ours be
absolutely broken?
My thoughts are of the words to me that
he had left unspoken
I found myself in
kennels where I’d never been before.
The staff were kind but how I dread the
clanking of the door
The rattle of the feeding bowls sliding
on the ground
I think of home so cosy with all my
things around
I heard them say
“the old boy” Old? Surely that can’t be?
But maybe that was why my once dear Dad
abandoned me?
They knew my joints were stiffening and
soon would cost them cash
So how much simpler for them to consider
me as trash.
I’m finding things
much harder as I was once loved much
I knew the pleasure of my human’s caring,
gentle touch.
Many others here with me have never been
so lucky
They’ve spent their lives with matted
coats and always really mucky
Once a stud and show
dog so beautifully groomed
Admired by all so how come now my
future’s clearly doomed?
People pass without a glance aiming for
the pups
I remember back to when this winner
always claimed the cups.
Please look at me,
please just a glance. My heart is full of pain
I’m pretty sure my chance has gone for
loving arms again.
Then, just as I had given up, a nice man
happened by
He called his wife and, as they looked, I
saw the lady cry
“He’s the image of our Ben” I heard the lady say
“It’s going to be impossible for us to walk away.
An older dog is what we need”. My heart began to dance
Because that’s how at ten years old I had my second chance