Cody

Puppy love grew with the summer days to a full grown
bounding, leaping, barking bundle of joy,
roll over, pet my tummy sort of love.

his was the sort of love that did duty with fervor
and played with passion and personality.
and a midnight mistake snatched his life from us,
another tragedy in a year when nothing seemed quite right.

We had the "i love cody" jokes for years,
and the sheltie seemed the perfect fit for
a little hobby farm just trying to make it
through five years' drought and broken dreams.

the faithful sentinel ever watchful for the
surprising visitor and
howled at attention when sirens blared.
if only we could have saved him in time.