alfalfa_sprout
Junior Guinea Pig
Little friend
Little feet
Pads soft
Like pudding
Little nails
Thicker than your fingers
Strong
Long
Sharp if you caught them
Little ears
Nodding as you ate
Itchy
Sometimes in need of a good scratch
Soft
And warm to touch
You’d always shake my fingers off
If I stroked them too much
Little nose
Pink
Lined like the work of a master sculptor
Leading you through the world
Discovering it anew
And when it started to run
At the end
I knew
Little eyes
So dark
So deep
Not need to speak
So clear
So wise
Those little eyes
Little friend
I loved you so
It broke my heart to let you go
And still it breaks
Day after day
I call your name
As if you’d stayed
As if we’d carried on the same
As if my little friend were here
Just one more day or month or year
To be together just like before
What I would give to love you more
My little friend
You’ve gone away
I’ll come to find you again one day
But until then
Have fun, be free
Just promise that
You’ll wait for me.
Little feet
Pads soft
Like pudding
Little nails
Thicker than your fingers
Strong
Long
Sharp if you caught them
Little ears
Nodding as you ate
Itchy
Sometimes in need of a good scratch
Soft
And warm to touch
You’d always shake my fingers off
If I stroked them too much
Little nose
Pink
Lined like the work of a master sculptor
Leading you through the world
Discovering it anew
And when it started to run
At the end
I knew
Little eyes
So dark
So deep
Not need to speak
So clear
So wise
Those little eyes
Little friend
I loved you so
It broke my heart to let you go
And still it breaks
Day after day
I call your name
As if you’d stayed
As if we’d carried on the same
As if my little friend were here
Just one more day or month or year
To be together just like before
What I would give to love you more
My little friend
You’ve gone away
I’ll come to find you again one day
But until then
Have fun, be free
Just promise that
You’ll wait for me.
