GUARDIAN
Woofie
childhood playmate
confidante
yolk yellow fur
straw stuffing
brown paws
worn in spots
tortured by monster
boys next door
you watched during
Easter egg hunts
drank invisible tea
from robin's egg cups
topaz brown eyes
healed my young tragedies
taunts of being labelled four eyes
my keeper
watching over dreams
when abandoned you
maintained vigil
over bedroom domain
through sun, snow
silently now you keep
order between
china cats and dogs
await granddaughter's
summer tea parties
teddy bear
guest of honour
copyright 1999 by G. Walker-Hobbs. This poem may be not reproduced without written permission from the author.
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