Lucy Girl

How I found love late in life.

Lucy Girl

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.

Lucy 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.

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

Beautiful work. Powerful emotion.

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

this has cheered me up like you wont believe! this much optimism is not seen around the world much lately. i am 35 this year, and i suppose that's young, but i think about what i will do in my old age quite a lot. i am not married, ive given up on that. so what will there be for me the next few decades? a good friend of mine recommended me to get a cat. i might do just that. this poem might just push me into that direction...
and i loved the lyrical style, the chorus was catchy, and the twist in the second half had me grinning ear to ear. it's a lovely work and with a strong message. love will find you when you are least expecting it, in a form you least expect. there is a noble spirit in this work and i shan't forget reading this any time soon.

[Gee]

Gotta love a dog, much prefer them to humans:)
Very sweet

[Michael Sun Bear]

Thank you Gee, it’s a rather silly poem begun on a whim, but the dog is real, our relationship is real, and she delivers joy not only to me, but to countless others both human and canine. I believe in a divine intelligence behind all creation, and so many times I have asked myself why it is that dogs, so important to so many of us, so loved by so many of us, were not given a lifespan more closely matching the lives of their human friends.

[Gee]

Would be nice if they lived longer. My spaniel is sprawled across me as I write this:)

[Starr]

This is such a lovely write here. Really enjoyed this

[Chris Shaw]

A delightful read MSB. Very much enjoyed. I have a dog myself, she is great company. You kept the suspense going for some time before revealing that this love has four paws:) Lovely poem.

Chris