the puppy and the girl

Once there was a little girl
She went through the land and all through the world
She marched to a drummer
That played in the head of just this little girl
People liked to see her as she went
To and fro, across and through, and around the bends.
This little girl had magic healing powers
Though of them she was remarkably unaware
But, others, they could sense this
And soon word spread across the land
That this girls magic was in her little hands
What happened next was almost sad
But the little girl would not have said so
For everyone had need of her
And, no one would free her and let her go.
Soon she spent all of her time
Healing those who wanted all of her for themselves.
So the little girl was still to and fro,
But not with pleasing, frolicking skips.
For soon she found that those who only took
Were draining her sip by sip by sip by sip.
Til one day she came upon a puppy
Who was fierce and full of pain
She tried to reach out to help him
And he yelped and withrew from her hands.
This puppy had once loved somebody
He had wanted to be loyal and true
His nature said this is how he should be
But, he was hurt when he let his nature come through.
The little girl, mystified and intrigued
Reached her hands from a different way
Though the puppy could feel the glitter of magic
He nipped her and turned his face away.
You see, he had believed in that magic
He had tried to create it before
But the other boys and girls had only mocked him
They had kicked him, cut him, and then beat him some more.
This little girl decided to try a new way
For her heart felt a connection to this wounded animal
She began to frolic around the young pup
She wanted him to believe
That she would not hurt or abuse him
She needed to resuscitate his capacity for trust.
Over days and weeks the young pup
Began to enjoy this girls visits
And the little girl found
when she used her magic as she chose
That she was not tired or weary any more.
She began to realize that she needed this pup
At least as much as he needed her
And that together they could heal their wounds
And then spread the magic throughout the land.
The weeks turned into months
Their time went swifly by
But, still the puppy was having a terrible time
Believing the girl
He wanted to believe that they were not lies
That she would be loyal and true
He felt the magic as it whirled around her
He wanted her to feel his too.
The little girl was puzzled.
She knew that she loved this young pup.
Yet she felt that his barriers were keeping them
From using their magic the way they should.
As the months passed
She was still nursing wounds on her hands
From times when he had nipped and bit
In the fear and disbelief that raged within
She tried to understand
The depths to which this young pup had been maimed
She wore no bandages on her wounds
But, learned how to control the pain.
The villagers do not know
The end of this little girl's tale
But, they have realized
That her loyalty will not fail
Perhaps that is part of her magic
The undefinable things that she sees
The trick is that if she sees them
She will not let go of what she believes
So, still the girl and the puppy play
And still she hopes he will heal
For she knows the power within them both
Is greater if combined and allowed to release.
For the puppy the conflict rages on
And he sorrows for how he has hurt the girl
Yet he does not know yet how to stop
And let her all the way into his animal world
He glimpses the magic they could create
And can almost taste it on his tongue
This makes the conflict all the more fierce
So it rages on and on and on and on...