sometimes my heart is extra tender
for all the canines i see
and ponder the extent of
human cruelty
i know, i know.
we can be so broken
to lack empathy
but dog after dog -
doesn’t it jar
your humanity?
to mold such a creature
that requires our love and need.
we are their
protectors and healers
so that we may both
flourish
with dignity.
💗

i love…
that dogs are your friends
wherever you go
quite pleased to greet you
from hanoi to palo alto.
it’s always a comfort
to see their lighthearted bounce
in places unfamiliar
a warmth so pronounced.
their pokey little heads,
enjoying an airy drive.
or sniffing intently
for discoveries to derive.
i hesitantly admit –
we need other humans
to survive,
but i think that
with dogs we are
fully,
present,
joyfully,
alive.

little black dog
gliding across the road,
a confident regal cadence 
- with gentle fluid prose.
i imagine you in a top hat
and the clip clop of your trot.
pointed in your life’s direction
hopefully off to buy some scotch.
🐶 🎩 🥃

hi link on the sunday stairs
watching your hoomans.
what do you think of
on lazy days like this?
i know when i see you
my heart leaps to my smile
and wonder how does a pure
being like you, exist?
so much expression in your laze
and gaze
safe in your home at peace
with you.

i like to catch
quick glimpses of you
for that’s all
my heart
can take

every step
a likely snare
caught unawares –
earthquake

little tidbits
here and there
like sprinkles
on a cake

fancy you,
yes i do,
(don’t lose your head)
a chance on us,
let’s take?

cheers tiny grey whippet
adorned in a well-fit raincoat
a streak of bright blue trotting by
on this rainy london day
🇬🇧 💙

little london luck dragon
looking all around
laying still and peacefully
while alert to every sound.
i wish i asked to pet you
and give attention craved;
but loved watching you observing
and wished you love for all your days.

regal pekes endure
imperial survivor
kindred heart for you

cheers little floofer
watching the people go by
thanks for the love mate
🐾

i saw a sentiment about life
and how the best part,
was meeting you.
hi link. 💗 🐾

i like to think
that dogs often notice
when you’re feeling malnourished
and need their love focus.

sweet koda of palo
enjoying his jaunt
hears my chirp greeting
and his little tail taunts

bright eyes and a quick motion
he gives a little jump
gratefully obliging
i scratch his wiggle rump

these little furry creatures –
enchanted loving souls
beam bright their pure goodness
and are earthlife’s vitals
🐶☀️

floofer fluffer furry bliss
chocolate nose and slobber kiss
flops and flips, peanut butter nips
life with you, hearts eclipsed
❤️ ❤️

fluffy paws, little one,
quietly peering over tables,
a soft black nose and inquisitive eyes,
emerging from nooks and protective dens.

i see my innerpup reflected in you,
and my heart is stung and sore.
unearthing puppy hurts,
those angry knots that laid
hidden and heavy
as life permeated through.

your unjudging eyes and tranquil breaths,
the gentle weight of your furry being,
slowly,
softly,
peacefully,
soften those stones,

and allow my pupheart to be loved,
and let my present
unflinchingly,
colorfully,
boundlessly,
fully,
love
you.

thrash the plush seal!
a game Link and i play
a comical understanding
of the rules underway
he and his muzzle,
me and my mitts
we take the silly plushie
and whip into laughing fits.
when we’re quite through
an ear and belly rub are required
for Link the true little one
a perfect connection, aspired
🦭🐕

little bouncy boy
happy and free
sniffing ‘round the neighborhood
at every peetree
i love watching you study
with the strength of your nose
taking in nuanced information
of all of life’s prose
what do you categorize
with every scent in your field?
your passing furfriends dossier?
and all their nuances revealed?
focused little boy
leading us on your way
never enough time with you
may we have forever blissful days.
link.
💗

shaggy brushed face
deep set dark eyes
you look like a wookie
best hero in disguise
you’re my little champion
and i am truly yours
connection in spirit
two legs and a fours.
centered when i see you
and nourished when beside
in each others presence
we’re heart-emoji eyed
😍🐶

squiggy wiggly fluffs of love
the love of a dog is beyond above
💗

i have so-much-love to give
to you,
sweet link.
that inexplicable
instantaneous
breathtaking
soul bursting
love.
a life’s existence
to me
for
you
☀️

can i just nest with you
and quell cacophonous faces
that dispirit humanity
and sanity.
a simple walk
of eyesmiles and understanding
guiding me back to stillness
with the gentle swishswish of your tail
🎾 🌱

your swept golden hair
like painted waves in a scene
each stroke gently brushed
into the light of your smile
🐾🍃