- Pup Tripp, IPC Intl Puppy 2014 -
THE GIFT
by Pup Tripp
Gather ‘round,
ye faithful pups
Come sit beside the treeNow listen close, a tale I’ll spin
So let your tails wag free
Once upon a
time there was
A pup without a nameWho yearned for collar, bowl, and leash
No handler ever came
No howl his
ears perked beheld
Nor other’s playful bark
Alone he pined the whole year through
And whimpered in the dark
On silent
night, on Eve of Yule
To sleep and then to dream
The pup lay down with head on paws
With naught but Moon’s bright beam
In his dream he looked above
In his dream he looked above
Upon the Moon’s pale face
In loneliness he sought to ask
The Moon to show his place
"Tell me, Moon, oh shining bright
"Tell me, Moon, oh shining bright
Why do I howl alone?
Where’s a hand to hold my leash
Or collar of my own?"
Silver tears the Moon did cry
Silver tears the Moon did cry
With light She held him near
And subtle touch to raise his chin
Her words She spoke so clear
“Listen
close, my lovely pup
With both your ears and heart
For on the wind the sounds you seek
Your shadows they will part"
"See and
hear, you aren’t alone
The pack’s already there
It waits for you with open paws
It waits for you to share”
Carefully he
listened now
To howls upon the wind
To playful yips and barks of joy
And to a voice within
“Go, be
free, my precious pup
Brothers wait, and sisters too
The rest you seek will come in time
Just when it’s right for you”
And in his joy, a name he found
And in his joy, a name he found
That was his very own
It spoke to who he was inside
Within his eyes it shone
Pup, he woke
and barked with glee
The pack, its howl did ring
Pup,
he knew, had come home at last
His heart could finally sing
The Moon,
She smiled with delight
To see the pup’s tail wag
With brilliant beams a gift She left
A shining silver tag.
On the front, by dreams was etched
On the front, by dreams was etched
His name, and on the back
“You never have to be alone
We’re here, One Love One Pack”
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