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Packratmike
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since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

0 posted 2001-04-21 02:44 AM

He stares into my eyes
so very deeply
with love,
inquisitiveness
seeking answers
to questions
he'll never ask....
still, we understand
each other...

We sit
on the couch
and he wraps himself
around me
like a heavy blanket,
his weight
sometimes intolerably heavy
yet comforting and warming...

At times,
he rests his head
in my lap
dreaming
of things
that trouble or please him
but he'll never tell me about them...

The love we share
is mostly unspoken
but communicated instead
with hugs, pats and kisses.
He watches over me
and I watch over him
and occasionally
I cry
tears of joy
for my good fortune
of knowing him.

This is the love
we share,
me and my Buddy...
my 100-plus pound
German Shepherd.

bslicker

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since 2000-12-04

Posts 2321
state of mind

1 posted 2001-04-21 03:04 AM

Ah mans best friend, his dog..
Nice write
Bernie

A smile a day keeps the world in smile's.
Bernie Slicker

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2001-04-21 08:18 AM

Cats and dogs are among us in the blue...where they should be! Well done!

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 2001-04-21 10:32 AM

Aw....I love dogs..this is great!

Packratmike
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since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

4 posted 2001-04-21 10:34 AM

Bernie...Yep, he's my Bud. Thank you.

Sunshine...Thank you. Glad you enjoyed.

Mike

Packratmike
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since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

5 posted 2001-04-21 10:40 AM

Thank you PdV. I've owned many dogs, but this dog is amazing. I've never had a dog sit and look/stare me right in the eyes the way he does. It's odd, the way he will come up to me and look at me so deeply AND lovingly with those big ol' brown eyes.
Sometimes, I'll be standing around somewhere and he'll come over to me and lean against me like he's giving me a hug...he's also letting me know that he wants a hug too. He's so very affectionate.
Anyway, glad you like the poem.

Mike

Just A Woman
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since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

6 posted 2001-04-21 11:54 AM

Oh I love this! I could relate very well. My Ellie Mae is half German Shepard and half Rottweiller and is a very special addition to our family.
Nice one, Mike!

"I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one."

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

7 posted 2001-04-21 12:59 PM

Geesh..I don't even really like big dogs, but you make me appreciate them here.

I'll bet he's beautiful.

still d-i-s-c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d
I am bound by this, you see...to become Night's sole mistress, and I am jealous in my endeavours for his attention.

EagleScorpion
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since 2000-03-08

Posts 1644
Here, Now, Forever

8 posted 2001-04-21 01:03 PM

Had me fooled! I used to own two 150 lb Newfoundlands... man what an adventure that was

Love is God. Love is war. Love is what your life is for.

Packratmike
Senior Member

since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

9 posted 2001-04-21 01:29 PM

JAW...thank you. Glad you liked this one.

Temptress...He is beautiful...thanks, glad you enjoyed.

Eagle...I can't imagine 300lbs of dog on my lap. LOL Thanks for commenting.

SEA

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since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

10 posted 2001-04-21 05:18 PM

Mike~ sounds just like my newest lab.....he's only 7 months old and he is huge...and the most loving dog....a giant sweetie.....I really liked this.....touches the heart....

SEA

JLR
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since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

11 posted 2001-04-21 05:27 PM

Equal time for dogs today. Dr. Doolittle should be showing up any moment now. Loved your poem!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

12 posted 2001-04-21 09:11 PM

Almost makes me want a dog Mike...sounds like a wonderful relationship...James

Packratmike
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since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

13 posted 2001-04-21 09:12 PM

SEA...Buddy is two years old and he's a big baby. Glad you like this one. Thank you.

JLR...Thank you, glad you liked it.

Mike

Packratmike
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since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

14 posted 2001-04-21 09:14 PM

James...thanks, he is a wonderful friend.

Mike

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

15 posted 2001-04-21 09:16 PM

I love your poem and you had me fooled. I love dogs and want one again, but I have a big cat that adopted me who is so afraid of dogs, he would stay under the house for ever. So I have to forgo my dog for now. Love, Joyce

Packratmike
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since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

16 posted 2001-04-21 09:22 PM

Joyce...yeah, I bet you were wondering about me, huh.LOL Glad you enjoyed.

Mike

Mabel A. Dilley
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since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

17 posted 2001-04-22 02:09 PM

The unspoken and unconditional love between animals and mankind has filled many an anthropologist's digest, and still we cannot answer fully why a time our household pets hold firmly our affections that sometimes surpasses those of another human. For me it was a tri-colored sheltie, who knew my every mood and move.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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