DEAR JAKEY,
WHERE OR WHERE DO I START MY HEART IS SO HEAVY
AND MY EYES CRY ALL THE TIME.
HOW I MISS MY DEAR SWEET FRIEND NEXT TO ME
THE NIGHTS ARE SO EMPTY WITHOUT YOUR COMPANIONSHIP.
I LOOK DOWN WHERE YOU USE TO LAY BY THE T.V. AND
I SWEAR I CAN SEE YOU LOOKING BACK AT ME.
I GO TO BED AT NIGHT AND ALMOST FEEL
YOU BRUSH AGAINST ME GOING UP THE STAIRS.
MAYBE YOU ARE STILL HERE WITH ME GOD KNOWS I WISH IT WERE SO.
YOU WERE MY CONSTANT COMPANION AND FRIEND.
YOU WOULD ALWAYS BRIGHTEN UP MY DAY
WHEN I WOULD COME HOME FROM WORK ALWAYS
WITH A TOY IN YOUR MOUTH
YOUR LITTLE DUCK MAN OR DADDY’S SLIPPER.
GOD WHY DOES THIS LOSS OF YOU RIP AT MY HEART.
JUST WHEN I THINK I’M GETTING BETTER I FEEL
YOU EVEN AT TIMES I SMELL
YOUR SCENT AND I JUST FALL TO PIECES.
YES TO SOME YOU WERE JUST A DOG.
BUT OH TO ME YOU WERE MUCH MORE.
THE HARDEST THING I’VE EVER HAD TO DO WAS MAKE
THE DECISION TO END ALL YOUR PAIN AND SUFFERING.
GUILT OH I FEEL IT EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE WONDERING
QUESTIONING IN MY HEART IF I DID THE RIGHT THING.
ONLY THE GOOD LORD KNOWS UP ABOVE
I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE NEEDLE FOR YOU
IF I COULD HAVE STOPPED
ALL YOUR ANGUISH.
OH JACKEY I LOVED YOU SO MUCH .
I KNOW WHEN I LAYED DOWN ON THE FLOOR
WITH YOU THE DAY YOU DIED
AND BEFORE THE VET GAVE YOU
THE FINAL DOSE TO END YOUR VERY PRECIOUS LIFE
I KEPT WHISPERING IN YOUR WARM SOFT EARS
HOW MUCH MOMMIE LOVED YOU AND
THAT YOU WOULD SOON BE SEEING MY MOMMIE
WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF YOU
AND I KNOW SHE IS DOING JUST THAT..
SOME DAY MY JAKEY IT WILL BE TIME FOR ME TO FIND YOU AGAIN .
PLEASE JUST KEEP BARKING
TILL I FIND YOU…
I LOVED YOU SO MY HEART WILL
FOREVER BE MISSING A PART
AS IT WENT WITH YOU
WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR FINAL BREATH.
“BORN A DOG DIED A FRIEND”
LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
MOMMIE
{ Louise }
Jake |
Louise Young |