My Human

(narrative poem for class 2/7/12- mine)

I watch her walking towards me with another.

I’ve been replaced!

How could she?

After all we’ve been through!

I am the shoulder she leans on when her cheeks

are damp with tears.

I’ve fought so hard to hold on

When she talked about us parting.

We are a team.

I am her support during the darkest times.

There must be a mistake.

Her voice!

I hear her lyrical voice as she whispers to that

Other one.

Am I being replaced?

That other one is not better than me!

I cannot believe this.

I’ve been with her through life’s changes.

I eased her anger and frustration.

When everything else disappears on her

I always stand beside her.

She’s told me that I am her only happiness;

That I remind her that the world is good.

We are a team,

Her and I.

She trusts me to take care of her;

I am the one that keeps her from falling

That three year old can’t possibly care for her

 As I do.

How dare she replace me with some one younger!

I turn and kick that other horse.

Hard.

There is a hierarchy to be followed.

She is my human!

Her voice chides me as I nuzzle her elbow.