My best friend

Smarter than most good men.
You left me,
when you should have,
you left me at the end.

The love that, I gave you Fred,
ain't a love that you get for free,

Oh Fred, my dog, you were the one who always stuck by me.

I got you at two weeks,
when you could barely speak.
I raised you
when you could,
not top the grass that I could see.

Oh Fred I'll tell you right now,
and unashamedly,
I loved you then,
as I love you now,
an eternal friend
that will never leave.

Your thoughts,
and your prayers,
I may suspect
but I'll never know.

Your secret,
desires,
I let you run
and there you'd go.

When you were
running with a pack,
you truly were called free.

But after you came back,
you truly were with me ...

What a good dog,
what a damned fine dog.
the likes' which we'll not see.

When I watch all my
friends wink out
you'll still be
here with me.