Friday, November 30, 2012

End of a Dog

I want to ease your pain
Never more, you'll run again.
Those tired old eyes.
Your long sad sighs.
You stumble on our walk,
I look and see that familiar stare,
Yet I know the puppy is no longer there.

And when your head lies down to rest.
I know I did my best.
For eighteen years you were my guide
Then With a nod your old heart died.
Now forever in memory true,
Nothing left for me of you.

No rattle of trotting claw
No scratching of the door.
No sad goodbye morning bark.
No cheery yapping at the park.
Only silence fills my day.
Since the morn you went away.
My heart breaks  for you
For so long you were true
Now there is nothing here of you.