CATS AND DOGS by Randall Stephen Hall

Cats and Dogs.

By Randall Stephen Hall ©

Cats and dogs

Grow older with us.

Grow older faster.

Their lives mark our time here

Like milestones

And measure our steps.

You may regret their passing

And with good reason.

For you, their master

Can never master time.

The reason?

Tine ties a collar around you.

Feeds you a special mix.

Fills up a bowl

Of ambition and greed

Or love and compassion.

Rationing all these things

To its wee pack of pets.

Yet, cats and dogs

Never fool us into thinking

That we are somebody

In the reality of a world

Of nobodys.

Cats and dogs

Grow older with us.

They measure our steps

And show us who

We really are.

At least we are somebody

To them.