perhaps it is quite simple
the reasoning behind
"man's best friend"

for what more could a man wish for
than that everlasting loyalty
that unspoken promise?

weather the storms it will
listen to silence it can
jump over the void it would

and the simple, childish glee
those widening eyes share
is perhaps the worst

because it is what we left behind
in and by embracing knowledge
we forget how to know

"grow up," we snarl over to the dumbstruck child
who lives in the moment
careless and yet carefree

and it is entirely possible
that both words exist for a reason
for without one we are not human

without the other
we would break
and lose man's best friend