Dog Poems

NOW I MUST GO

Send me to the Bridge I pray,
When I no longer run and play.
When my limbs can't bear my weight,
And dignity is stripped by fate.

Look into my eyes, you'll find,
I will let you know, it's time.
You must help me from this edge,
Now it's time, I make this pledge.

I leave you for the Bridge today,
Anew, I run, I bark, I play.
We shared a life of many things,
And to your heart my leaving brings,

The pain of loss, I feel it too,
But Master, know, this I must do.
I must leave first, to make the way,
For you to follow me some day.

Beyond the sunset, where all pain ends,
We'll meet again, the best of friends.
Just as I snuggled in your heart,
You're in mine too, we aren't apart.

I watch you from afar and pray,
It's time to heal, heal some each day.
Please dry those tears and smile for me,
And know at last, that I am free.

There is no pain or suffering here,
The sun shines brightly everywhere.
There isn't even one cross look,
It's not allowed here in His book.

No clouds of gray will gather here,
No storms will ever threaten.
We are at peace here,
And the Bridge is Heaven!

~ Author Unknown ~

WHEN I'M GONE

When I'm gone, don't cry for me.
Please smile each time you think of me.
I'm not beneath the ground you see.
Each breeze that blows is part of me.

I'm in the clouds so soft and white.
My eyes will shine in stars at night.
Don't think of me as gone for good.
I'll be around. You knew I would.

I'm watching everything you do.
I am still sharing life with you.
No need to look both far and near.
Just listen close. I am right here.

I'm here to listen every day
To all the things you want to say.
I've seen you cry so many tears.
Be glad we had so many years.

I'll wait until you come to me.
Our lives will be like they used to be.
We'll both be whole and free of pain,
My life with you will be back again.

Please take the love you gave to me
And give to more that are just like me.
So when I'm gone, don't cry for me.
But smile each time you think of me.

~ Author Unknown ~

I LOVED YOU BEST

So this is where we part, My Friend,
and you'll run on, around the bend,
gone from sight, but not from mind,
new pleasures there you'll surely find.
I will go on, I'll find the strength,
life measures quality, not its length.
One long embrace before you leave,
share one last look, before I grieve.
There are others, that much is true,
but they be they, and they aren't you.
And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,
will remember well all you've taught.
Your place I'll hold, you will be missed,
the fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.
And as you journey to your final rest,
take with you this...I loved you best.

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