Come Home NOW!

Where did you go without me?

Don't you know I miss your face?

What's a tail but to wag?

But you've disappeared without a trace.

I sniff at the space at the bottom of the door.

Trying to find your smell.

Finding nothing, I get on all fours

But there's nothing as far as I can tell.

Nose having failed, it's time to bark.

To bring you back where you belong

Bark, bark, when that doesn't work...

I start to feel forlorn.

I let out a complaining whine

Turn around, come back home.

I'm miserable without you, can't you see?

Hopeless on my own.

Whine, whine, don't you hear me?

I just don't understand.

How you could leave me

Now or at any time.

When you've given me so many signs...

you love me!

All that petting and rough-housing,

And playing catch

Letting me lick your face

Your fingers ever ready to give me a tummy scratch.

Bark, bark, you could have taken me with you.

It's what you should have done

We could have gone to the park.

Or I could have sat beside you in the car.

We could have taken it for a spin and had so much fun.

In the car, on the road

Doesn't matter where.

We belong together.

We are a life-long pair.

Sniff, sniff.

Bark bark.

Nothing seems to work.

I let out a big sigh.

And position myself at the door ready for your return.

P.S. This post was inspired by hearing a puppy whine for its owner next door.