English Bulldog Poetry: Contest Winner!

Here is the winner of the May 2011 4 Paw Member short story contest!
It is a poem written by Libra926, about her beautiful bulldog Vegas.

Darkness.
Confusion.
Must move.
I don't want to, but I NEED to.
I can't think.
I can't see.
I can't hear.
Where is my mommy?
I can't see my Daddy!
I feel her hands.
Her gentle touch.
My mommy's smell.
Confusion.
Darkness.
Darkness.
Darkness.

Light.
I can see..but I'm not sure what I'm seeing.
I can hear..but I'm not sure what I'm hearing.
I can smell..but I'm not sure what I'm smelling.
I'm confused.
Why am I on the floor?

Light.
I can smell. I smell my mommy crying.
I can hear. I hear my mommy praying.
I can see. I see my mommy kneeling.
I can think. I think my mommy is hurting.

I smile.
I stand.
I stumble.
I fall.......
But I persevere.
I am a bulldog.
I have epilepsy.
I am loved.

I stand.

--by Libra926​