SWEET CREATURE

The only language we humans converse properly in is the language of love, it doesn't even require speaking. It makes our lives come a full circle. Love is not something generated only between two potential lovers, it doesn't even matter where it grows. But there is one form of love that is the highest of all ever known in which we don't expect anything from the other one. We don't even know what's going on in their heads. We don't even know if they really like us or not. That's the kind of affection when you love a pet.

When there was nothing happy left within us this little blessing stepped in our lives. I still remember the first day I met my pet dog, Zack. He was sleeping under the sink in some box and quilt specially made for him. He didn't have any teeth so he was trying to bite and it was just tickling  me. I used to carry him on my shoulders like a baby, which is clearly not possible now. 

For me, my pet dog is not just a dog it might be for the fact I never treated him like a dog. He has always been like a little kid to me whom I have to protect from all the wrong or that little kid in front of whom I can pour my heart out. Nowadays we both just lay down on the floor and just stay motionless. We don't need any words to converse what we want to say. We don't need any reasons to love each other but we still do. 

Sometimes all we need is to be with someone who doesn't judge you, no matter what you do. My dog has seen all my weird dances and all my baseless karaoke songs and even more stuff which I wanted to hide even from myself. But with a pet you can be you, you can be me, you can be anyone you want and still love each other without any bounds. It leaves with us a trail of unreasonable love forever. 

I don't give my father enough credit sometimes I guess, but this is something I don't know how to thank for in words. This dog means a way of happiness to me now, might be his weird belly rubs or his peculiar nose I always want to squish. Thank you sweet creature, I am no longer alone, whenever I go, you bring me home.

-SAMARTH SARIN