Non-Speaking Souls

[image from google]

Dogs

understand everything

so much

more than

many humans

give them credit for.

They just lack speech,

so cannot

tell us.

I know they think,

remember, 

feel joy,

feel pain,

feel loss,

feel sad,

feel empathy

for their person.

I see it

in their eyes:

non-speaking souls,

with hearts

full of

unspoken love,

waiting for

humans

to appreciate

their gift

of wordless

devotion.