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Family

November 26, 2014
By FrenchBlues BRONZE, Bronx, New York
FrenchBlues BRONZE, Bronx, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal — as we are!”


My dog is furious at the world
he can't see straight
his legs are wobbly
and his senses too distracting.

the world spins
and he spins
and it makes such a ruckus,
too much for
his poor, small ears
to handle.

my dog is sad at the world
because he cannot see my true
colors
and sing with my mother
while she makes him food.

he wishes for these things
and i know deep inside
even as a poor,
innocent dog,
he cares.

and that is the reason we took him
away from the isolated world
inside the cage he used to live.
where no one ever noticed
that a beautiful soul
was hiding in.
and we took him as our own,
as a dog
and as a member
of our family.


The author's comments:

My dog is speechless, he doesn't bark or ever listen, but his emotions, I have felt them. In my eyes, he is a human. 


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