Dear Apartment Dogs,

I hear the chorus of your sadness

Your forlorn howls and anxious barks

You didn’t want to be left

To miss a walk in the park

If only you could hear the others

behind the walls and the locks

Alone together in the city

Potential friends in their own box

A few wise ones know it’s not forever

And not everyone cries as you do

Some choose to sleep, some choose to eat

But there are many that surround you

This time alone is your burden

But it’s lighter than you think

We will carry it together

One day we might even meet

These lonely hours won’t last forever

Over long before this poem is written

Your parents will come home again

Your pain will be forgotten

Until then, we all endure

As you wallow in your grief

Hoping soon your cries will be gone

Replaced by sounds of happy feet