Even the dogs barely glanced my way

when I returned home after several days.

Kids and cats were subdued too,

all letting me know quite civilly

that they were less than pleased with me.

That night, as I lay abed, I wondered what might lie ahead,

 but with the rising of the sun, I heard  the cats begin to purr

and the dogs’ tails swish and swirl.

 When the kids burst in the room chattering of the coming day,

I knew we had all moved on and they’d decided to let me stay.

                                                                                                            JDG