Seven decades come and gone,
True love has found me late.
It seems I love another’s love,
I love my best friend’s mate.

She always greets me at the door
With kisses and a twirl.
Sometimes she leaps into my arms,
Makes my heartbeat go awhirl.
Then I have to hug and hold her,
Ask her is she still my girl.

When I stay a day or two
She always finds me in the night,
Slips abed beside me silent
Never stays ‘til morning light.

Oh god how I love her.
True love has found me late.
It seems I love another’s love,
I love my best friend’s mate.

This girl has the biggest heart,
A blessing from above.
She gives to all she meets or knows,
Her God given love.
I don’t know what she sees in me.
Sometimes I feel such shame.
Just like all the rest of you,
We’re pretty much the same,
We learned to hate, not freely give
Love given in His name.

But I swear that I do love her.
True love has found me late.
It seems I love another’s love,
I love my best friend’s mate.

Am I making you uncomfortable
But you don’t quite know the cause?
Or perhaps you’ve guessed already.
Pepper has four paws.

I met her as a Sheltie pup
Straight from the litter.
My job is mostly ball thrower,
Sometimes I play sitter.

Now almost three
She’s honored me;
I’m number two in her pack.
She makes me feel like number one.
How will I ever pay her back?

For never will this girl be mine.
True love has found me late.
It seems I love another’s love,
I love my best friend’s mate.

I have a pet dog; his name’s Wiley.
He doesn’t bark. I don’t fear his bite.
He walks behind me silently
and howls with his pack in the night.

I’ve got a cat named Rufus–
though we call him Bob.
He pads stealthily; he makes no sound.
His pointy ears and fluffy tail are all I see
in the deep grass.
The rabbits fear when he's around.

I’ve got a bird named Hawk.
I watch him soar in the distant sky.
Red and gold feathers bend  the air
perfectly, making me wish
I could fly.

I’ve got a rabbit named Jack.
He eyes me suspiciously
from the lawn. And hops desultorily.
Then he’s gone.