The Day My Dog Took Off to Space

The Day My Dog Took Off to Space.

The day my dog took off to space,

She didn't once look back,

Her floppy ears flapped in the wind,

Her coat was gleaming black.

I couldn't tell the look she had,

On her fourteen year old face,

But her legs kept kicking on and on,

Like she was competing in a race.

I looked at her up in the sky,

A black dot to me now,

The tennis ball inside her mouth,

Dragged her up to space somehow.

I can't help think that that day was,

My dog's last day alive,

The day when we hopped in my car,

And went off for a drive.

She'd dragged her bum on my new rug,

Peed on the kitchen floor,

Despite these things, I'll always miss,

My dog being here no more.

She was happy just going for walks,

Once a day she was so glad,

But that one day she took off to space,

She achieved more than I ever had.