Recollections of a Pekingese

Recollections of a Pekingese Remembering she loved me so. Alone and frightened in that shop, Hidden like a gerbil, laying low. While wishing someone kind would stop. I barked and yapped when she came near. Because I knew she'd loved me so. With sparkle eyes, she held me dear. And took me home where I did grow. Protecting her when we would go. While in her lap, I’d bark and yap. We lived because she loved me so. And thus it was ‘til death did tap. I watch from heaven up above. And shield her from life’s dreadful woe, Two spirits fitting like one glove. Remembering she loved me so. © Dane Smith-Johnsen April 18, 2010