O Henry boy, I find such joy
In watching you at play!
You ask no more than I am there
Beside you every day.
One single word is all it takes,
However sad you be,
To set your tail a-wig-wagging
In eager, dog-like glee!
Sometimes, I raise an angry voice
That wounds your doggie heart;
For, true it is, I am to you
A human, quite apart.
And when my mood is over, then
You run to lick my hand;
O little dog, your faithfulness
So few can understand.
Although you feel I’m everything
A doggie could desire,
O little friend, how often YOU
Have raised MY spirits higher!
How often, as I’ve plodded home,
So weary of life’s grief,
Your shining eyes have told me that
You see, in me, your chief.
My step upon our driveway
Can make you bounce and fuss;
O little dog, how glad I am
That you belong to us.
For, truly, I have found in you
A living proof, my boy,
That Love, indeed, is all it takes
To give a person joy!
