Category Archives: Fang & Claw
The Labs Have Spoken
frA!
He came to me carrying
the weight of cruelty
in the folds of his ears,
in the flinch that once lived
behind brown eyes.
But somewhere between
the first cautious sniff
and the hundredth belly rub,
he forgot to be afraid.
Now he claims laps like hydrants,
upends with the confidence of a dog
who has never known anything
but love.
Or maybe one who has known
the opposite
and chose, against odds,
to believe in something better.
Half hound, half heart,
nose built for wandering,
soul built for staying.
Charlie,
bait dog turned lap dog,
survivor turned sprawler,
proof that the right hands
can undo
what the wrong ones
did.
