Patches by Shelly Dessort / Your Mommy

My Sweet Patches

I’m sitting here trying to write the words,

That I want your heart to know.

You came into our life and family,

Only four short years ago.

How sweet and loveable; oh yes you were,

But a bit mischievous, that is for sure.

You liked to chew and dig things up,

As if you were still only a pup.

You sniffed around and then around some more,

I can still remember

when you dug a hole

in the floor.

We used to go for walks everyday,

In the fields you’d sure love to run and play.

Then you got sick little girl,

and to the Vet we did go,

The pills I was told to give you;

did not help, but I did not know.

You got sicker and sicker

with one infection after another,

I felt so bad for you, me as your mother.

I struggled to decide on what to do,

It left my heart heavy, and feeling very blue.

I knew it was my obligation to do what was best,

My love for you was put to the test.

It was a heart wrenching and sorrowful

way we did part,

There is now a big hole, right here in my heart.

I held you close until the last breath

you did take,

I cried and I did shake; the sorrow I felt, I

could never fake.

When I said goodbye to you,

Apart of me went with you too.

I wish there was more I could have done for you,

But in my heart I knew we tried

everything that we could possibility do.

The battles you lived just couldn’t be won,

your sick no more sweetie,

but I’ll miss you a ton.

Yes, your spirit is now free; but we’ll never

really be apart.

For your sweet memory will always live on deep

inside my heart.

So…with one last kiss on your head,

I laid you down in your eternal bed.

Now I look around the house today,

At all the places you would sleep.

It’s so lonely and quiet here sweetie,

I can’t hear even a peep.

By the door you will wait no longer for me,

but I know your spirit always will be.

Because of the love and devotion

I have given you,

I know you forgive me and your love

for me will never die.

I will try to remember

that each and every time I cry.

Rest in peace now My Sweet Patches,

rest in loving peace.

 

Love Now and Forever,