I discovered you by way of a friend, a god sent rescue before a tragic and horrid end.Your trust was broken, your patience spent, you bit me twice, but still I didn't relent.

Never give up, never surrender, your love and trust I would win for you are my mentor. Eyes that shine and glow in the dark, quiet as a tomb, you don't even bark.

Half wolf, half dog, they say "he's not all there,"  but they don't know the real you, you're just a big teddy bear. Protection and pride, tried and true , my best friend and worst adversary, when flashbacks accrue.

So tortured, so shattered, so betrayed, so unloved, you survived only by the grace of the spirit above.

He who had you first should be strung up, the way he did you, hung by a chain, then kicked and kicked til the bones broke, then left whining and writhing in pain. When he felt he had done all he could he left you hanging, starved and thirsty, abandoned for dead, after as a pup, you watched the sadistic bastard put a bullet in your family's heads.

It's been 5 years now, since we became family and friends, I swear I'd kill anyone who tried to go to those lengths with you again.   You are much more than an animal, not just a wolf, or a dog, you are the keeper of secrets, of friendship, and despite what some religions say, I know that you have a soul.

It's no wonder you are "different," a bit on the scary side, but yet it lets many of those, who are just like him, know that you are more than wise. And even now you test me, yet you always give in, is it that my will stronger, no I don't think so, it just the love and the trust of a friend.

©2003 Lloydene F. Hill