Little Puppy

A yip And a yap And I am Out the door fast With a dog in front That really needs to go He sprints outside And I follow in his stead Only staying in the yard So I’ll only close The door to the house Outside, he runs to His heart’s content, Nowhere to be And now is free Roaming around in A joyful bliss Having so much fun Out in the world It’s a bit dark In this small yard, Dusk already past And the stars are Shining high above With darkness all about A yip And a yap And he still isn’t done Oh whatever, let him have fun Worry starts to prickle, Just a little But you put it aside Because you know you Are in no danger It is a peaceful night With stars in the sky What could go wrong? A yip And a yap That’s all I heard Before the piece of metal Had flown by And his body had fallen With that look of happiness Still on his face I could tell that He was gone before I got closer and so I ran and hid Behind the closest tree, Sat and pulled out my phone Dialed the number, Said where I was, Said what had happened, Said that I thought The person was still there And I had this Sense of clarity In that time of fright, The person was letting Me finish this call, Toying with their new victim And knew for sure I was going to die So I told the operator In a silent whisper, “They know I’m talking To you right now So I know these are My final moments Before I put this Phone down, but Listen to me now; The door is unlocked And my family is inside Please don’t let them die” I hung up the phone And placed it in my lap Sitting there peacefully And a slight smile Grows on my face As I remember The good times with My now dead friend, How we used to play And how he was always So happy and excited Until the sound of A bullet crashed through For the second time tonight And I saw my Little puppy up and alive Once again February 3, 2021 For the Break My Heart, Why Don't Cha Poetry Contest Contest Sponsor: Edward Ibeh