Sammy by Laurie Neubauer / mom

IF IT SHOULD BE

IF IT SHOULD BE THAT I GROW WEAK

AND PAIN SHOULD KEEP ME FROM MY SLEEP

THEN YOU MUST DO WHAT MUST BE DONE

FOR THIS LAST BATTLE CANNOT BE WON.

YOU WILL BE SAD, I UNDERSTAND

DON’T LET YOUR GRIEF THAN STAY YOUR HAND

FOR THIS DAY MORE THAN ALL THE REST

YOUR LOVE FOR ME MUST STAND THE TEST.

WE’VE HAD SO MANY HAPPY YEARS

WHAT IS TO COME CAN HOLD NO FEARS.

YOU’D NOT WANT ME TO SUFFER SO

THE TIME HAS COME, PLEASE LET ME GO.

TAKE ME WHERE MY NEEDS THEY’LL TEND

AND PLEASE STAY WITH ME TILL THE END.

HOLD ME FIRM AND SPEAK TO ME

UNTIL MY EYES NO LONGER SEE.

I KNOW IN TIME THAT YOU WILL SEE

THE KINDNESS THAT YOU DID FOR ME.

ALTHOUGH MY TAIL ITS LAST HAS WAVED,

FROM PAIN AND SUFFERING I’VE BEEN SAVED.

PLEASE DO NO GRIEVE IT MUST BE YOU

WHO HAD THIS PAINFUL THING TO DO

WE’VE BEEN SO CLOSE, WE TWO, THESE YEARS.

DON’T LET YOUR HEART HOLD BACK IT’S TEARS.

-AUTHOR UNKNOWN

 

Love u my Sammy
Sammy
12, Aug 2004
Laurie Neubauer