You always lay beside me on the floor
You keep telling me you love me
I think “I know you do but I love you more”.
You seem so worried. I can feel it.
I can see it in your eyes.
I know you so well, after thirteen years
There’s nothing you can disguise.
I know that you’re upset’
That’s why I follow you around’
I also know it won’t be long till
I hear that faint, familiar sound.
You’re crying again, but not the way
you used to.
In all of those bad times long past,
I was always there But this-
this crying is new.
You’re in another room
Or sometimes your outside
You’re trying to be quiet,
hold back and even hide.
Through all of this,
I figure something must be wrong.
I know lately I don’t feel so good,
I know I’m not so strong.
But that’s okay with me because
I know I have your love.
So long ago you found me
You say I saved your life.
Guess what? I always felt the same,
my angel from above.
So I try to reassure you with wags and
barks and smiles.
Though I’m slower now to greet you,
and slipping on the tiles.
This seems to make you more concerned.
It seems to me you haven’t learned.
Don’t focus on my pain,
I have all a dog could want.
You are everything to me and
have been from the start.
You tell me “now a time
will come when we will have to part”.
“To be together later on
but forever in my heart”.
You’ll say to me “I’ll be right back”.
It’s what you always do
And just like every other time
I’ll patiently wait for you.
The only thing I want is for you
to be happy, to smile.
But I know you’ll shed a tear
Just remember Mom, I’m not so far away.
My spirits still right here.
Jeanette Marie Cody 6/29/06
Dedicated to my very best friend,
my one true love, and
the best dog in the world.
Althea Marie Cody
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