டாமியும் பிங்குவும்

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
-Josh Billings

Pinku

You can't buy loyalty, they say,
I bought it though, the other day;
You can't buy friendship, tried and true,
Well just the same, I bought that too.

I made my bid, and on the spot
Bought love and faith and a whole job lot
Of happiness, so all in all
The purchase price was pretty small.

I bought a single trusting heart,
That gave devotion from the start.
If you think these things are not for sale,
Buy a brown-eyed puppy with a stump for a tail.

Tommy

Tommy

Every dog must have a soul
Somewhere deep inside
Where all his hurts and grievances
Are buried with his pride.

And when accused unjustly for
Himself, He cannot speak,
Rebuked, He finds within his soul
The comfort he must seek.

He'll love, tho'he is unloved,
And he'll serve tho'badly used,
And one kind word will wipe away
The times when he's abused.

Chotu

Chotu waits

April 26th 2007

My little Chotu passed away, no more to breathe a sound.
I held him for the last time, then entombed him in the ground.
Day and night I wept so much, in tears I thought I'd drown.
I searched my soul for comfort, but no peace therein was found.

High up in the courts of heaven today
A little dog angel waits; and he is my Chotu
With the other angels he will not play,
But he sits alone at the gates.

For I know my master will come, says he,
And when he comes he will call for me.
The other angels pass him by
As they hurry towards the throne,
And he watches them with a wistful eye
As he sits at the gates alone.