DEAR JACKY,
WHERE DO I BEGIN,
I LOST YOU ON MAY 4TH 2002 ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE PAIN THE EMPTY HOLLOW FEELING I HAVE IN MY HEART
JUST WON’T LEAVE… I’M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
I LAID EYES ON MY DEAR BOY “OH WHAT HAPPINESS I FELT”
THERE YOU WERE WALKING TOWARDS ME FROM THE SHELTER
AND MY WORLD JUST BECAME SO HAPPY.
WE HAD SO MANY WONDERFUL HAPPY YEARS TOGETHER
YOU AND YOUR DADDY AND I.
I THANK GOD WE FOUND EACH OTHER.
I FEEL SO GUILTY ABOUT HAVING TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP,
I WONDER IF EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THIS WHEN WE AS
THE CAREGIVERS TO OUR BELOVED PETS HAVE TO MAKE
THE FINAL DECISION…
GOD WILL THESE TEARS NEVER END?
I STILL LOOK TO ALL THE PLACES YOUR DEAR SWEET BODY USE
TO LAY AND AT TIMES I THINK I SEE YOU LOOKING BACK AT ME .
YOU KNOW WHO’S TO SAY YOUR NOT HERE WITH ME.
I STILL SMELL YOU AND FEEL YOU IN THIS HOME OF OURS.
YES THERE WILL BE OTHER DOGS IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I NEED
TO GIVE ALL THIS LOVE THAT STILL IS IN MY HEART TO ANOTHER PUP
LIKE YOU. BUT TO REPLACE YOU IT WILL NEVER DO.
YOU WERE UNIQUE AND THIS ONE I’M SURE WILL BE ALSO…
I HOPE YOU HEARD ME ON OUR LAST DAY TOGETHER AS
I LAID BESIDE YOU AND HELD YOUR DEAR HEAD AND STROKE
YOUR FUR I HOPE YOU HEARD ME WHISPER IN YOUR WARM SOFT
EARS HOW MUCH MOMMIE LOVED YOU AND YOUR
DADDY LOVED YOU.
I PROMISED YOU IF THE TIME SHOULD COME THAT I MAY HAVE TO
MAKE THE DECISION TO END YOUR PAIN THAT I WOULD DO
THIS LAST GIFT OF MY LOVE FOR MY PRECIOUS JAKE MAN…
I WANTED MY VOICE TO BE THE LAST VOICE YOU WOULD HEAR
UNTIL THE ANGELS CAME FOR YOU..
SO NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BE HAPPY AND ROMP AND PLAY
AS YOU DID IN ALL YOUR PUPPY DAYS.
PLEASE DON’T FORGET ME AND WHEN MY TIME ON EARTH IS THRU…
JUST KEEP ON BARKING TILL I GET TO YOU…
I MISS YOU AND PART OF YOU WILL BE FOREVER
ETCHED ON MY HEART………….
LOVE MOMMIE
“BORN A DOG DIED A FRIEND”