Guardian Angel

I was captured by a photo prompt on All Poetry today, of a golden retriever following a little girl walking on a beach near sunset. The impression set my fingers to typing of my own experience and how I felt about dogs in general. So, I wrote a short poem to express it called, “Guardian Angel”. Here is that poem.
​Incidentally, the photo accompanying this blog post is the puppy in this poem. His name is Tuffy. 

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Guardian Angel
 
There’s a sunrise in life today,
a puppy just caught our sight.
We never parted eyes from him
for in him was this light.
 
A light that spoke to my inner being
his addition was a must
those deep dark blue empathic eyes
ensnared me with his trust.
 
We took him home to our dingy place
but somehow it became brighter
his presence gave the world a glow
and our burdens felt much lighter.
 
He made a bee line for the kids
and licked their little faces
prompting giddy happy noise
and giddy happy chases.
 
The chains of life all fell away
not once did he change his tune
that angelic disposition
that couldn’t come too soon.