This is What I Call a Loyal Love

“There is no loyalty greater than the love of a loyal dog.” By Author ************************************************************** This is What I call Loyal Love If man can measure loyalty And gauge devoted love for man Then the yardstick was my Roxy, Even more loyal than a friend; Mothered like babes since childhood days Raised in splendour like a princess She had learnt to grasp human ways, Their joys, their sorrows and distress; Each of her wag brightened the heart Like sparks of the sunshine of spring, From her eyes, loyalty would dart From her pat devotion would cling; She was ever first to welcome The master with her wagging tail, Her leaps and embrace so awesome And her waltz lovely without fail; Whether in the shine of the day Or in the grim darkness of night Like soldier she would guard the way With loyalty ever so bright; A companion for garden walks She would sniff all along the place Grasping whatever I would talk As she strolled by my side with grace; She would share the master`s sad ply By lying straight in from of him And staring at him in the eyes With her eyes with tears close to brim. When fate`s hand was close by her side After fourteen long lengthy years She opted for her kennel`s pride Than inside the home to shed tears; Though meted out a surgery With thirty stiTches without cry She was beyond recovery And passed away without a sigh; Her funeral, a sheer glory, And her grave on a high-pitched land Was a match to her loyalty Glimmering brighter than a man. Gone she`s with the family`s heart Like a jar shattered in fragments Like a piece of rag torn apart, Such to her was our attachment; Let fidelity be your name So dedicated was your love, Ever adored would be your fame With your loyalty miles above.