"Zeke" September 1988 ----- September 2 1999
Dog
This is a poem I wrote to my dog Zeke
a large chocolate lab/ Weimaraner cross.
He was about 100 lbs. and all who saw him
commented on what a beautiful dog he was.
He was such a good friend
that this poem just came out of me in a short time
two days after I had to put him down.
He had cancer and he was 11 years old this month.
He let me know when he was ready to go.
I stoked his ears as the shot was administered
and I didn't really know exactly when he passed?
It was so quick and so peaceful
I could not have asked for anything more gentle.
He was a blessing to me and my wife
and to literally everyone who met him.
I am convinced that he was a gift from God.
Hope you can relate to the poem.
Just change some of the words if you like to fit your special friend.
TO A FRIEND
I saw his image again just now
Walking just ahead
He was moving with that graceful gate
The image of a steed.
Loyalty - he defined it
Loving - so much heart
Playful - always ready
Ready - from the start
The way you came into our lives
The story of that day
You came you stayed you lived we loved you left
Too suddenly.
Sitting - ever watching
Laying - head on chest
Watching - ever mindful
Fetching - never rest
His eyes had such expression
He could move you with his look
We had no troubles talking
You read us like a book.
Caring - oh so gentle
Perceiving - he just knew
Protective - he could scare you
Comforting - through and through
In the river in the woods
Those daffodil fields you graced
We took you there and you took to us
Every one every thing every place.
Gifted - you were to us
Smart - beyond compare
Spirited - Holy Spirit
Willing - to go anywhere
You let us know when it was time
God's mission for you complete
Just as the Father had to look away at the end
Just our touch not our eyes would meet.
Running - oh so handsome
Riding - in the rear
Sniffing - what a sniffer!
Breathing - in our ear
I saw his image again just now
Hello Ol' Friend of mine.
You touched us deeply we love you so
Our gift from the Divine.
To "ZEKE" Love,
John Giannico
9/4/99
| Zeke |
| John |