POEMS ABOUT LOSS OF A PET ...

Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears,

but laugh and talk of me, as if I were beside you.

I loved you so, twas heaven here with you.

Anonymous

Echo

Come to me in the silence of the night;

Come in the speaking silence of a dream;

Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright

As sunlight on a stream;

Come back in tears,

O memory, hope, love of finished years.

Oh dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet,

Whose wakening should have been in Paradise,

Where souls brimful of love abide and meet;

Where thirsting longing eyes

Watch the slow door

That opening, letting in, lets out no more.

Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live

My very life again tho' cold in death:

Come back to me in dreams, that I may give

Pulse for pulse, breath for breath:

Speak low, lean low,

As long ago, my love, how long ago.

Christina Rossetti

 

Solace

From the silence of your pain I heard my name

and on the wings of light I have come

to see the sadness in your eyes

that cry without tears.

Can you see me, I am here

I will always be near you

to calm your shattered heart

and to make you smile at the memories.

Do you feel me, perhaps a soft brush of fur

You ache to believe it's real

but you are afraid to hope

You brush away a strand of hair,

But it was I, whispering ...

I am only here for but a moment

The silver thread gently quivers

I will leave behind my love in a dream

When you awaken, and without really knowing why

Your heart will know at last

That it is all right, for now

To say good-bye.

Lisa Carmel Singer

 

Shadow's Song

I am not gone ... not really.

I haven't gone away ... I've only gotten bigger.

My eyes, so bright, now shine among the stars.

My voice sings with the wind in winter, as I leap

And dance among the tree tops.

I stalk the blown leaves in autumn, and brush the

Flowers gently in the spring.

I come to you in dreaming, on feet grown dreamtime soft,

And lay my cheek against yours, and whisper:

"Peace be with you."

Someday we will play again together, you and I, among the stars.

'Til then, fear not to love, for your love gave my life meaning.

And I return that love to you ... a hundredfold ... a thousandfold ...

Forever.

Audrey E. Nickel

 

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 then 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, so let me go.

Take me where my needs they'll tend

And please stay with me until 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 not 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 its tears.

Author Unknown