Sausage Dog Serenade

We walk together, you and I, in summer’s warming sun,
’Cross fields of ripening crops, so much living to be done.
Beside the river, we slowly wander, rabbits scurry from our view,
Bees go about their business upon the flowers of multi-hue.

We stop and sit and wonder at the beauty that we find,
All, it seems, put there for us, to occupy our mind.
I see you both in calm repose, your little eyes shut tight,
Sleeping on that riverbank, in the dazzling summer light.

So happy, filled with innocence, you seem to see me as your guide,
Through the world in which we live, we’re together, side by side.
I love you both, you’re more than friends, you depend on me so much,
I feel the love that you return, it’s in your every touch.

A nudge, a wet nose on my leg, a lick that says it all,
Curling up beside me in a furry canine ball.
You never leave me, always there, no matter what the day may bring,
My little dachshund buddies, how your praises I could sing.

They say that dogs may have no soul, but how can this be true?
For love is surely an expression of emotion, and it’s love I feel from you.
Your love is unconditional, for me you’re always there,
You ask so little in return, your love’s beyond compare.

At night as I lie sleeping, and the world of dreams may fill my head,
You’re both still there, in close company, reposing on my bed!
I think perhaps that in your minds, you’re just the same as me,
Not dogs and human, just loving friends, I love you and you love me.

We share so much together, you seem to sense if I’m not well,
But when the tables are reversed, it’s sometimes hard for me to tell.
You’re sausage dogs extraordinaire, nothing ever could replace,
The simple joys you bring to me, none could take your place.