BENJIE THE BEST by WENDY SAINER / MUMMY

ONE DAY YOU APPEARED AT BATTERSEA
AND I HOPED FOR A CHANCE THAT YOU WOULD LOVE ME.
BUT YOU CAUGHT KENNEL COUGH AND
YOU HAD TO STAY
UNTIL THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS SAFE TO PLAY.
YOU CAME HOME WITH ME ON SEPTEMBER 1ST
BUT THE VERY WORST HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
I BLAME MYSELF. YOU WERE SO SMALL.
A CAR CAME BY AND I HEARD YOUR CALL.
THAT TURNED TO A CRY OF PAIN AND FEAR.
HOW I WISH THAT I HAD BEEN NEAR.
I LET YOU DOWN,YOU TRUSTED ME.
I RAN TO YOU BUT YOU HAD CEASED TO BE.
I PICKED YOU UP BUT I KNEW YOU HAD GONE.
YOU WERE SO HEAVY FOR SUCH A TINY ONE.
IT WAS QUICK AMD ALL MY FAULT.
YOU WOULD NOT WALK ON THE LEAD AND WRIGGLED OUT OF THE COLLAR I BOUGHT.
YOU WERE MINDING YOUR BUSINESS,
JUST WALKING HOME
WHEN THE CAR APPEARED –
I TURNED TO STONE.
I WISH TO GOD THAT I HAD BEEN CLOSER TO YOU
TO PICK YOU UP IN MY ARMS, AS I WOULD ALWAYS DO.
BEFORE THE TRAGEDY STRUCK–
I COULD HAVE SAVED YOU.
YOU DESERVED MUCH MORE TIME. FORGIVE ME.

 

WITH LOVE FROM YOUR BROKENHEARTED