Miss Me but Let Me Go
When I come to the end of the road, and the sun has set for me.
I want no rites in a gloom filled room, why cry for a soul set free.
Miss me a little, but not for long, and not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared, miss me but let me go.
For this is a journey, we all must take, and each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan, a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely, and sick of heart, go the the friends we know.
And bury your sorrows, in doing good deads.
Miss me, but let me go.
Author - Unknown
Cat's Dream
How neatly a cat sleeps, sleeps with its paws and its posture, sleeps with its wicked claws, and with its unfeeling blood, sleeps with all the rings-- a series of burnt circles-- which have formed the odd geology of its sand-colored tail. I should like to sleep like a cat, with all the fur of time, with a tongue rough as flint, with the dry sex of fire; and after speaking to no one, stretch myself over the world, over roofs and landscapes, with a passionate desire to hunt the rats in my dreams. I have seen how the cat asleep would undulate, how the night flowed through it like dark water; and at times, it was going to fall or possibly plunge into the bare deserted snowdrifts. Sometimes it grew so much in sleep like a tiger's great-grandfather, and would leap in the darkness over rooftops, clouds and volcanoes. Sleep, sleep cat of the night, with episcopal ceremony and your stone-carved moustache. Take care of all our dreams; control the obscurity of our slumbering prowess with your relentless heart and the great ruff of your tail.
Author: Pablo Neruda
Poem For Cats
And God asked the feline spirit
Are you ready to come home?
Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul
And, as a cat, I am most able
To decide anything for myself
Are you coming then? asked God.
Soon, replied the whiskered angel
But I must come slowly.
For my human friends are troubled.
For you see, they need me, quite certainly.
But don't they understand? asked God
That you'll never leave them?
That you souls are intertwined for all eternity?
That nothing is created or destroyed?
It just is...forever and ever and ever.
Eventually they will understand,
Replied the glorious cat.
For I will whisper into their hearts
That I am always with them
I just am...forever and ever and ever.
Author Unknown
Golden Memories
They say memories are golden, well, maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories, I only wanted you.
A million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly, in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place no one else could fill.
If tears could build a stairway and heartache make a lane.
I'd walk the path to Heaven and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us back one by one, the chain will link again.
Author Unknown
Greeting with Love From a Lonely Dog
I wish someone would tell me what it is that I've done wrong. Why do I have to stay chained up and be left alone so long? they seemed so glad to have me when I came here as a pup. There were so many things we'd do while I was growing up. The Master said he'd train me as a companion and a friend. The mistress said she'd never fear to be left alone again. The children said they'd feed me and brush me every day. They'd play with me and walk me if I would only stay. But no the Master "Hasn't Time", the mistress says I shed. She doesn't want me in the house not even to be fed. The children never walk me they always say "NOT NOW." I wish that I could please them won't someone tell me how? All I had, you see, was love. I wish they would explain why they said they wanted mine. And then left it on a chain?
Author unknown
A Poem For Jake
Love is a strange word, hard to explain
Feelings of happiness, feelings of pain
But one thing i know the old saying is true
Better to have loved and lost or there wouldn't be you
You were my world , my night and my day
And days are so lonely since you went away
I would give all i have just for chance
Of one look at you if only a glance
Anythings better than this empty space
Where once you lay with that look on your face
The look that was love so good and so true
And darling i felt just the same about you
Author Janet Hill
A Dog's Plea
Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me. Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I might lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me learn. Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when the sound of your footstep falls upon my waiting ear. Please keep me inside when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated animal, no longer accustomed to bitter elements. I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet besides the hearth. Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst. Feed me clean food that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side, and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger. And my friend, when I am very old and I no longer enjoy good heath, hearing and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having any fun. Please see to it that my life is taken gently. I shall leave this earth knowing with the last breath I drew that my fate was always safest in your loving hands....
Author: Beth Norman Harris
If It Should Be
If it be I grow frail and weak, And pain should wake me from my sleep, Then you must do what must be done, For this last battle can’t be won. You will be sad, I’ll understand, Don’t let your grief then stay your hand, For this day more than all the rest, Your love and friendship stand the test. We’ve had so many happy years, What is to come will hold no fears, You’ll not want me to suffer, so, When the time comes, please let me go. I know in time, you too will see, It is a kindness you do me, Although my tail its last has waved, From pain and suffering, I’ve been saved. Do not grieve that it should be you, Who has to decide this thing to do We’ve been so close, we two, these years, Don’t let your heart hold any tears.
Author unknown
Frosty Died Last December
Frosty died last December, My closest friend for fifteen years. We were born the same November; Now I can't put down my tears. It's not fair that dogs should live Just a short piece of our lives; They give us the love we give To parents, children, husbands, wives. More loyal than a human love, More passionate and all-consuming: No spat would Frosty's love remove, So fixed on me, so unassuming. My grief is real, my pain is strong, Though not all would be so moved; But I can't think how I'll go on Without this creature I so loved.
Author: Nicholas Gordon
The Rainbow Bridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author Unknown
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