Depression Pets Poems

my dog took me for a walk today
as he usually does
he knows the way
people assume that I take him out
that's not the case
he leads me...

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I’ve lived in here for more than a decade 
Comfortable walking through life 
But never making it my home 
I don’t know where the fault...

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"Why so grim?", Old Tom Cat asked,
but Little Kitten turned away –
stared at the sky with wistful eyes,
withdrawn from this sweet, golden day.

"Why so gloomy?",...

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In the corner there...
Under the defused lights,
With spectral highlight’s here, 
There, they float near and afar.
An apple sits in its technicolor glory, 
It's not fully...

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ASSAULT 
I feel the light assault my tender optics. 
I see the elections flow and ebb. 
The particles of reality assault my mind. 
Can you...

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Freddie followed me like my own shadow
It’s not been easy since he passed away
My family don’t know that I’m depressed 

I’ve concealed my alcohol addiction...

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A  Animals other than my kind are
B  Beautiful, loving souls; empathic to their
C  Core and full of absolute
D  Devotion 
E ...

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Fish

A half dozen, small fins…
bought from the pet shop. 
Now swimming free in an ocean,
of rock, plastic flowers, and artsy things…
“All” part of the bigger...

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Tsk, tsk, tsk, will people never learn, 
this is ludicrous, can they not discern?
We cats are not owned by the human, you see;
they are subject...

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THE MEDITATOR

 Oh what joy it seems to me
Drinking an early morning tea.

While watching the sun rise across the Bay
Changing night into day.

My Maltese, lies...

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Disillusioned is my soul from watching him die,
in my arms he lay perished, eyes open-
          ...

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My Pet Tiger

      I took my pet tiger to my doctor
      Because it had a...

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Before we met
My mind was set
On a female pet  
As I sat on the ground
Among roughhousing puppies all around
Hoping that I would be found

Soon,...

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The monkey, that’s me,
The monkey that pretends to be free.
So happy to have his day,
To hear the cheers, the laughs,
And you looking my way.

Laughing at...

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What would I do
if not for you?
I'll share what most likely would be true.
I'd be sitting all alone
in my very empty home
feeling depressed and blue,
but...

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