Poem in Your Pocket Day

Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day and so we are sharing a poem from the adorable book Doggerel: Poems About Dogs:

My Comforter

(Anonymous) 

The world had gone all wrong that day

And tired and in despair, 

Discouraged with the ways of life,

I sank into my chair.

A soft caress fell on my cheek,

My hands where thrust apart,

And two big sympathizing eyes

Gazed down into my heart.

I  had a friend; what cared I now

For fifty worlds? I knew

One heart was anxious when I grieved---

My dog's heart, loyal, true.

"God bless him," breathed I soft and low,

And hugged him close and tight.

One lingering lick upon my ear 

And we were happy---quite.