Looking for you to love
Laughing delightedly with empty leash in hand
Yawning widely
Your soft body in my lap
We all knew you chose me
Not the other way around
Tail wagging furiously
Already happy
On your first day
Yapping noisily
Gnawing my extended finger
That served just as well
As your favored chew toy
In your puppy days
Barking jubilantly
I quickly learned to measure
What was tail safe height
When you greeted me at the door
In your doggie teens
Growling menacingly
Strangers were quickly warned
Enter either with permission
Or at their own risk
In your adult days
Whimpering piteously
Though we could not see
Anything without
It was our first clue
Something was wrong within
In your senior days
Sighing contentedly
Looking up at me
Your soft head in my lap
Tail thumping the floor
I knew you were
Still happy
On your last day
Crying uncontrollably with empty leash in hand
Looking for you to love
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So Walt is tending bar at dVerse and we’re asked… what does love sound like? I was totally stumped not having truly thought of love from an aural perspective, other than love-making – and I did not want to go there. Honestly, I was going to give Poetics a pass this week when a good friend of mine posted that his beloved Sherlock had crossed the Rainbow Bridge with the words:
“My best friend died today with his head in my lap.”
I immediately recalled a video he had posted a while back of a happy Sherlock making trilling noises and I thought he’ll never hear that again. That’s when I realized the sounds of love are not relegated solely to humans, and thus with a little poetic license – this poem for Drew and Sherlock.
Raivenne-lations 
Wow. Powerful poem. Although I don’t own any pets (I never was really an animal person) I could still feel the love in your words.
This is very touching and for some of us, with pets, indeed their absence is hard to bear.
A creative response Ravienne. Thanks for sharing it.
Lovely job, Rai. Often I find poetic structure is an impediment to the flow, but here it gave assist.
Cat purrS now so sweet
Dog whimpers low..
Birds call
Bees hum
Baby coos..
Dolphins whales
SonG suBsonic
Love..
Love
SinGs
NatUre
caLLs Free..
WiLd.. wE.. now
BreathE LovE..:)
This brought me to tears. I have lived through these painful deaths, and it never gets easier to deal with. Beautifully written.
I have read so many accounts of loving dogs, a true love if anything.
Sadly moving. The love in those sounds expresses your heart completely, Ravienne! Thank you for this.
This is such a moving poem, the emotions here are raw and intense.. so powerfully portrayed.
There’s no love like it!