Forever Haunted
by Jodi Marcus
I look out
And all I see
Are ghosts of dogs
That used to be.
Left to die
Their hearts stayed true
My dreams of them
Make me so blue.
All the ones
I could not save,
Whose curly tails
No longer wave.
Their happy legs
Have stilled their dance.
They never really
Had a chance.
The ones whose
Ears no longer hear,
Beckon me
And call me near.
Those bright eyes
no longer see
Yet deeply burned
Their mark on me.
Thoughts of
once soft, shiny coats
make me vow
this solemn oath:
Forgotten they
Shall never be!
Every one of them
You see,
Will live on
In my memory.
forever and ever
Haunting me.
