Box of Steel

I thought I was loved, but now I'm only broken...

"I love you," you said. "And I'll love you forever"--
That time everything felt so warm and so right.
You told me I was pretty, you told me I was clever,
How beautiful I was and how my fur was so white.

You made me feel the safest any pet could ever feel,
You gave me tasty food and hugged me every day,
I liked to hop with you into your box of steel--
We'd go to a park and at your lap my muzzle I'd lay.

That certain day your box of steel as always opened up
And I hopped in right next to you, I licked your face in glee:
Another trip that was to be, I was happy as a pup,
Completely unaware what you meant to do to me.

We went through webs of roads, but you didn't say a thing,
And knowing this was special, I kept my mouth shut, too.
Suddenly you stepped on breaks, I felt an abrupt sting,
My nose hurt and I turned to you for that... magic you could do.

You didn't kiss me, though, you didn't ease the pain.
You pushed me hard, the box of steel went on like a dart--
I yelped in terror, ran after you, but I knew it was in vain,
The bleeding nose was nothing compared to bleeding heart.