My Hero: Not Superman But Superdog!

• Maysa Maarbani, Grade 6, Unity Grammar School
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

What would you do if you were stuck in the woods,
Nowhere to go, nowhere to look,
It is creepy... scary... frightening...
Wolves behind every tree, peeping when you can't see
Spiders racing to get you first, will you die or survive the bite?
Crows crowing with all their might, trying to give you a fright,
What would you do, what would you do if you're stuck in the woods like I am too?
Oh my dog, my howler, my hero, my sniffer,
He brought us out, alright, back to civilisation,
I will make sure he is never in isolation,
A reward for my idealised dog, the one who saved me,
If it wasn't for him, I'd still be there, crying like a little baby,
But I had my dog.
My dog the hero!