Puppy Love.

Our love is a puppy

Endless energy running until it collapses in slumber

Only to bounce back when its name

Is whispered

We learned to temper and train

Our hearts, our minds

And our love was always loyal,

Fed and looked after it followed

Us always

Sometimes seen, sometimes unseen

Our love was our constant companion

Our love is old now

It happened overnight

Over years

It refuses to walk with us

No longer hungry for its favourite treats

We walk hand in hand

It absence is what we feel

Clutched in the others grip

I think our love got cancer when I did

I saw it age overnight when I lost my hair

You couldn’t look at our love any longer

No wig or makeup could cover the absence of what was

I only hope that you’ll adopt again

When I’m gone

A new puppy or perhaps a dog that needs a better home

You should know love again.