A Different Kind of Love

|was at my depths end, Worn out and not knowing What to do... To save me.... The miles I drove... So alone kept me Wondering why Did I do this... All alone through The night shifting gears In the moon light just me and the stars>| Pushing my big rig To limits I dared... Around curves and Down grades.... None would ever believe... Faster and faster I'd drive through the night Just to feel something Exciting.... So much better than my life.. I unloaded on a weekend... With nothing to do And took a load Back to places I'd been.... Suicide is a place All truckers think, Around the next bend... Would be a perfect place. Yes, I thought these things I admit....Until I saw In Barstow of all things.. A place I could get my Big Rig into.... I needed to feel loved And be loved... And love just the same... That I stopped..... Not that I had the time to waste But I really didn't care... I had a need I just had to fill... And I was there... I walked in familiar With places like this.... Cages with dogs yelping in despair... Speaking to me.... I did take one outside, We did not connect.... I was lonely and humble when I saw her.... She sat there so quiet... Looking up at me... So sweet.... Not a whimper.... We went out to the play yard I expected her to run... But she stayed next me Just wanting to be loved.... I paid sixty five dollars For Vet fees and more.... My sweetness was loaded Into my truck...I was late.... Katie awoke on the floor Of my big rig..... Some where in New Mexico We stopped.... Just four months old.... My Shepard mix.... Kissed my face.... And saved my life.... It's been five years To date.....and I have To share....that my Sweetness My Katie..... Is why I am here.