Don’t
you dare say to me-
“He
was just a dog”
This
friend who I lost today-
Was
the best friend I ever had
The
best Christmas present I ever received-
Given
by a man who loved me enough
To
know he could not love me enough
To stop me from drowning in the sorrow of the child
I had lost
So
he threw me a lifeline in the form of a pup
A warm fuzzy fella whose needs could not be denied
A
reason to get up and live again
Because
he couldn’t if I didn’t
And
even a reason to smile sometimes
When
I thought I could never smile again
Once
so small he could fit in my coat & we’d sneak him in the store
Before long he outweighed me and on hind legs stood
over my head
Through
the years, his coat bore enough of my tears
To drown all the humans I’ve ever known
Never
once did he complain
Never
once was he too busy or too tired
to
listen
And
he often looked as if he understood every word
And maybe he did; every trick we ever taught him
was learned in minutes
And
remembered for years
Many nights he slept beside me on a pillow
Snoring
and farting like a “regular guy”
He stood firm by my side and protected me from harm
Comforted
me through the hard times
And never once turned his
back on me or
Stabbed me in the back
while
smiling in my face
That is more than I can say of most people –how
about you?
So when you see me grieving because he is gone
Think
hard before saying “he was just a dog”
My friend and companion, my
family, my heart-
He
made my world a better place & made me a better person
If “just a dog” can bring so much love &
happiness,
What
a world this could be if we were all “just a dog”
Thank
you Zeus – for every minute of the seven years I had with you.
I
will miss you my friend – every day of my life.
My “Spoiled Rottenweiler” –
November 16, 2004 – November 28, 2011
Author - Karen Leigh Long
November 29, 2011
November 29, 2011
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