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    Lyrics to See You Soon :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOTbe...eature=related

    I hope I love you enough to let you go
    On the road only you can see
    I hope I love you enough to let you go
    And loosen the hold that you have on me

    I want to bless you on your way
    Say always to yourself be true
    I hope you know there is no sweeter place
    Than the places I have been with you

    See you soon
    See you soon

    The weakness in me fills my heart with fear
    Telling me to control and try to keep you hear
    The spirit in me that's what is good and true
    Telling me to be strong, and trust the letting go of you

    See you soon
    See you soon

    The road waits patiently before you
    Away you go now
    Don't even look behind
    Fill yourself with riches from the times we knew
    I'll keep your goodness here
    In my heart and in my mind

    See you soon
    See you soon

    I hope I love you enough to let you go
    I hope I love you enough to let you go
    On the road only you can see
    I hope I love you enough to let you go
    And loosen the hold that you have on me

    I want to bless you on your way
    Say always to yourself be true
    I hope you know there is no sweeter place
    Than the places I have been with you

    See you soon
    See you soon

    The weakness in me fills my heart with fear
    Telling me to control and try to keep you hear
    The spirit in me that's what is good and true
    Telling me to be strong, and trust the letting go of you

    See you soon
    See you soon

    The road waits patiently before you
    Away you go now
    Don't even look behind
    Fill yourself with riches from the times we knew
    I'll keep your goodness here
    In my heart and in my mind

    See you soon
    See you soon

    I hope I love you enough to let you go

    Artist: Luka Bloom
    Last edited by Rene; 05-26-2011 at 02:22 PM.

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    Don’t tell me that you understand
    Don’t tell me that you know,
    Don’t tell me that I will survive
    Or how I will surely grow.

    Don’t tell me that this is just a test
    That I am truly blessed
    That I am chosen for this task
    Apart from all the rest.

    Don’t come at me with answers
    That can only come from me,
    Don’t tell me how my grief will pass,
    That I will soon be free.

    Don’t stand in pious judgment
    Of the bounds I must untie,
    Don’t tell me how to suffer
    And don’t tell me how to cry!

    My life is filled with selfishness,
    My pain is all I see,
    But, I need you now,
    I need your love, unconditionally.

    Accept me in my ups and downs,
    I need someone to share,
    Just hold my hand and let me cry,
    And say, “My friend, I care.”

    By Joanetta Hendel

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    An Inseparable Pair
    Anonymous
    I miss you so much, my four-legged friend
    I ask myself each day, if the pain will ever end
    Your loss is so hard, for one person to bear
    Because we were a team, an inseparable pair

    You were by my side, when I got up each day
    Waiting so patiently, to go out to play
    You were there each night, when I got home
    Waiting to go to the park, where you could roam

    You always knew, if I was having a bad day
    So you'd snuggle up close, and try to get me to play
    If that didn't work, you'd put your head in my lap
    Then make yourself comfortable, and take a nap

    One way or another, you would brighten my day
    Like only you could, you had a special way
    You gave me a lifetime, of memories to hold
    Through all the years ahead, till I am gray and old

    I promise I'll see you, again one day
    When we'll be together again, to go run and play
    Your loss is a cross I will just have to bear
    Because you and I know, we were an inseparable pair

    Heaven's Doggy Door
    Jan Cooper 1995
    My best friend closed his eyes last night,
    As his head was in my hand.
    The Doctors said he was in pain,
    And it was hard for him to stand.

    The thoughts that scurried through my head,
    As I cradled him in my arms.
    Were of his younger, puppy years,
    And OH...his many charms.

    Today, there is no gentle nudge
    With an intense "I love you gaze",
    Only a heart that’s filled with tears
    Remembering our joy filled days.

    But an Angel just appeared to me,
    And he said, "You should cry no more,
    GOD also loves our canine friends,
    HE's installed a 'doggy-door"!

    I Loved You Best
    Jim Willis 2002
    So this is where we part, My Friend,
    And you'll run on, around the bend.
    Gone from sight, but not from mind,
    new pleasures there you'll surely find.

    I will go on; I'll find the strength,
    Life measures quality, not its length.
    One long embrace before you leave,
    Share one last look, before I grieve.

    There are others, that much is true,
    But they be they, and they aren't you.
    And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,
    Will remember well all you've taught.

    Your place I'll hold, you will be missed,
    The fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.
    And as you journey to your final rest,
    Take with you this...I loved you best.

    My Sweet Forever Pet
    krazykitty2001
    There's something missing in my home,
    I feel it every night.
    I know it will take time and strength,
    Before things feel quite right.

    But just for now, I need to mourn,
    My heart - it needs to mend.
    Though some may say "It's just a pet,"
    I know I've lost a friend.

    You've brought such laughter to my home,
    And richness to my days...
    A constant friend through joy or loss,
    With gentle loving ways.

    Companion, pal, and confidant,
    A friend I won't forget...
    You'll live for always in my heart,
    My Sweet Forever Pet.

    Time to Go
    John Quealy
    The time has come I think you know
    The Lord is calling so I must go
    I love you so much; I wish it wasn't so
    I wish I could stay; I don't want to go

    You're the best family a dog ever had
    So kind and gentle, never mean or mad
    I'll never forget the day that we met
    I was so lucky to become your pet

    You opened your door and showed me your heart
    I'll never forget you; we'll never part
    You loved me and cared for me over the years
    You taught me everything and took away my fears

    The Lord is calling now I must go
    But before I go I want you to know
    I know it hurts to lose a friend
    But I'll always be with you even to the end.

    "It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life, gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are."
    ---Unknown

    The Gift
    I’ll lend you for a little while my grandest dog, he said.

For you to love while he’s alive

And mourn for when he’s dead. 

It may be one or many years, 

Or days, or months, you see.

But will you, till I take him back 

Take care of him for me?

He’ll bring his charm to gladden you, 

And should his stay be brief 

You will have treasured memories 

As solace for your grief. 

I cannot promise he will stay, 

Since all from earth return. 

But there are lessons taught on earth

I want this dog to learn. 

I’ve looked the wide world over 

In my search for teachers true.

And from the throngs that crowd life’s lanes 

With trust, I have selected you. 

Now will you give him your total love?

Nor think the labor vain,

Nor hate when I come 

To take him back again?

I know you’ll give him tenderness

And love will bloom each day. 

And for the happiness you’ve known

Forever grateful stay. 

But should I come and call for him 

Sooner than you’ve planned 

You’ll brave the bitter grief that comes

And someday you’ll understand.
    ~Author Unknown

    The Fourth Day
    by Martin Scot Kosins
    If you ever love an animal, there are three days in your life you will always remember.
    The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your young new friend.
    You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed. You may have asked numerous opinions of many vets, or done long research in finding a breeder. Or, perhaps in a fleeting moment, you may have just chosen that silly looking mutt in a shelter ... simply because something in its eyes reached your heart.
    But when you bring that chosen pet home, and watch it explore, and claim its special place in your hall or frontroom - and when you feel it brush against you for the first time - it instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through the many years to come.

    The second day will occur eight or nine or ten years later.
    It will be a day like any other. Routine and unexceptional. But, for a surprising instant, you will look at your longtime friend and see age where you once saw youth.
    You will see slow deliberate steps where you once saw energy.
    And you will see sleep where you once saw activity.
    So you will begin to adjust your friend's diet - and you may add a pill or two to her food.
    And you may feel a growing fear deep within yourself, which bodes of a coming emptiness.
    And you will feel this uneasy feeling, on and off, until the third day finally arrives.

    And on this day - if your friend and God have not decided for you, then you will be faced with making a decision of your own - on behalf of your lifelong friend, and with the guidance of your own deepest Spirit.
    But whichever way your friend eventually leaves you - you will feel as alone as a single star in the dark night sky.

    If you are wise, you will let the tears flow as freely and as often as they must. And if you are typical, you will find that not many in your circle of family or human friends will be able to understand your grief, or comfort you.
    But if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through the many joyfilled years, you may find that a soul - a bit smaller in size than your own - seems to walk with you, at times, during the lonely days to come.
    And at moments when you least expect anything out of the ordinary to happen, you may feel something brush against your leg - very very lightly.
    And looking down at the place where your dear, perhaps dearest, friend used to lay - you will remember those three significant days.
    The memory will most likely be painful, and leave an ache in your heart -
    As time passes the ache will come and go as if it has a life of its own.
    You will both reject it and embrace it, and it may confuse you.
    If you reject it, it will depress you.
    If you embrace it, it will deepen you.
    Either way, it will still be an ache.

    But there will be, I assure you, a fourth day when - along with the memory of your pet - and piercing through the heaviness in your heart -there will come a realization that belongs only to you.
    It will be as unique and strong as our relationship with each animal we have loved, and lost.
    This realization takes the form of a Living Love -
    Like the heavenly scent of a rose that remains after the petals have wilted, this Love will remain and grow - and be there for us to remember.
    It is a Love we have earned.
    It is the legacy our pets leave us when they go -
    And it is a gift we may keep with us as long as we live.
    It is a Love which is ours alone -
    And until we ourselves leave, perhaps to join our Beloved Pets -

    It is a Love that we will always possess.

    Martin Scot Kosins is the author of Maya's First Rose, published by Open Sky Books.
    Last edited by Timmy's Mom; 06-07-2011 at 07:53 PM.

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    Thank you Kathleen! I had not seen some of these. They are lovely. Thank you so much for posting them.

    I saw this one on another post:

    We have a secret, you and I
    that no one else shall know,
    for who but I can see you lie
    each night in fire glow?
    And who but I can reach my hand
    before we go to bed
    and feel the living warmth of you
    and touch your silken head?
    And only I walk woodland paths
    and see ahead of me,
    your small form racing with the wind
    so young again, and free.
    And only I can see you swim
    in every brook I pass
    and when I call, no one but I
    can see the bending grass.

    Author Unknown

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    You're welcome Rene. What a wonderful thread you have created for us. Reading the poems you've posted inspired me to search for more. It's been good therapy for me as I continue to work through my loss of sweet Timmy.

    Timmy's Mom Kathleen

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    Pet loss poems helped me a lot when I lost Niko. I have a whole page of them on his memorial site. Some of the ones you all have posted are there too. Here are a few more that I didn't see posted yet.

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    MY FOREVER FRIEND

    I know that it must be different,
    now that I am no longer there.
    I realize how much I was loved
    and how all of you did care.

    I know it will be hard at first
    when you look around for me.
    Expecting to find me in my bed
    or beside my favorite tree.

    Someday you will begin to see
    although it’ll take some time,
    the happy times you shared with me,
    the memories are yours and mine.

    I’ll remember you, my friends,
    and how much you meant to me.
    So please don’t grieve and don’t be sad,
    it was just my time to leave.

    Reference: This poem was written by Kim, from Jacobi to Denise, one week after his passing, as “A note from Jacobi”

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    I AM NOT THERE - Various sources

    Do not stand at my grave and weep;
    I am not there. I do not sleep.
    I am a thousand winds that blow.
    I am the diamond glints on snow.
    I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
    I am the gentle autumn’s rain.
    When you awaken in the morning’s hush,
    I am the swift uplifting rush
    of quiet birds in circled flight.
    I am the soft stars that shine at night.
    Do not stand at my grave and cry;
    I am not there, I did not die.

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    I HAVEN’T LEFT AT ALL

    I saw you gently weeping as you looked through photographs
    You paused for just a moment at one that made you laugh.

    But as you turned more pages the tears began to flow
    You whispered that you missed me but I want you to know;

    I softly licked those stinging tears that down your cheeks did fall
    I want to help you understand I haven’t left at all.

    On those days that you are overcome with sorrow, pain and grief
    I rest my head upon your leg to offer some relief.

    When you take our walking path I’ve seen you turn around
    Because I know you surely heard my paws upon the ground.

    At night while you are sleeping I snuggle at your side
    You stroke my fur as you touch that place where I used to lie.

    You said it’s just your heart playing tricks upon your mind
    But rest assured I’m really there, my spirit’s left behind.

    I know your heart is hurting; it’s like an open sore
    You think my life has ended and you won’t see me anymore.

    But for those of us bound tight by love, death is not the curtain call;
    It’s really the eternal beginning that waits for us all

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    WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME – Author Unknown

    When tomorrow starts without me
    And I’m not there to see,
    The sun will rise and find your eyes,
    All filled with tears for me.

    I wish so much you wouldn’t cry
    The way you did today
    Remembering how I’d lay my head
    In your lap that special way.

    I know how much you love me
    As much as I love you
    And each time that you think of me,
    I know you’ll miss me too

    But when tomorrow starts without me
    Please try to understand,
    That an angel came and called my name
    And petted me with her hand

    She said my place was ready
    In Heaven far above
    And that I’d have to leave behind
    All those I dearly love

    But, as I turned to heel away
    A tear fell from my eye
    For all my life I never thought
    That I would have to die.

    I had so much to live for
    So many sits and downs to do
    It seemed almost impossible
    That I was leaving you.

    I thought about our lives together,
    I know you must be sad,
    I thought of all the love we shared
    And all the fun we had.

    Remember how I’d nudge your hand,
    And poke you with my nose
    The Frisbee I would gladly chase,
    The bad guy, I’d “bark and hold”.

    If I could relive yesterday
    Just even for a while,
    I’d wag my tail and kiss you,
    Just so I could see you smile

    But, then I fully realized,
    That this could never be;
    For emptiness and memories,
    Will take the place of me

    And when I thought of treats and toys
    I might miss come tomorrow,
    I thought of you and when I did
    My dog-heart filled with sorrow

    I’ve entered into eternity,
    And how it welcomes you,
    Today my life on earth is past,
    But here it starts anew

    I promise no tomorrow
    But today will always last;
    For you see, each day’s the same day
    There’s no longing for the past

    So when tomorrow starts without me,
    Don’t think we’re far apart
    For every time you think of me,
    I’m right there, in your heart.
    Bettina & Angel Niko
    1992-2009
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    http://rememberingniko.wordpress.com

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    Thank you Bettina,

    That poem, When Tomorrow Starts Without Me...has very special meaning for us and our K-9 angles.

    Im taking liberty and posting "Just A Dog" from your site.

    Rene
    Last edited by Rene; 07-05-2011 at 04:52 PM.

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    Just a Dog

    by Richard Biby, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    From time to time, people tell me, “lighten up, it’s just a dog,”
    or, “that’s a lot of money for just a dog.”

    They don’t understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for “just a dog.”

    Some of my proudest moments have come about with “just a dog.”

    Many hours have passed and my only company was “just a dog,”
    but I did not once feel slighted.

    Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by “just a dog,”

    and in those days of darkness,
    the gentle touch of “just a dog” gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

    If you, too, think it’s “just a dog,” then you will probably understand phases like “just a friend,” “just a sunrise,” or “just a promise.”

    “Just a dog” brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy.

    “Just a dog” brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.

    Because of “just a dog” I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.

    So for me and folks like me, it’s not “just a dog” but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future,
    the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.

    “Just a dog” brings out what’s good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.

    I hope that someday they can understand that it’s not “just a dog”
    but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being “just a human.”

    So the next time you hear the phrase “just a dog.” just smile, because they “just don’t understand.”
    Last edited by Rene; 07-05-2011 at 05:01 PM.

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    Thank you for the beautiful poems.

    Love,
    Addy

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    Your Pets In Heaven
    By Ken D. Conover
    To have loved and then said farewell, is better than to have never loved at all.
    For all of the times that you have stooped and touched my head, fed me my favorite treat and returned the love that I so unconditionally gave to you.
    For the care that you gave to me so unselfishly.
    For all of these things I am grateful and thankful.
    I ask that you not grieve for the loss, but rejoice in the fact that we lived, loved and touched each other’s lives. My life was fuller because you were there, not as a master/owner, but as my FRIEND.
    Today I am as I was in my youth. The grass is always green, butterflies flit among the flowers and the Sun shines gently down upon all of God's creatures.
    I can run, jump, play and do all of the things that I did in my youth. There is no sickness, no aching joints and no regrets and no aging.
    We await the arrival of our lifelong companions and know that togetherness is forever.
    You live in our hearts as we do in yours. Companions such as you are so rare and unique.
    Don't hold the love that you have within yourself. Give it to another like me and then I will live forever. For love never really dies and you are loved and missed as surely as we are.
    Your Pets in Heaven



    beautiful poems
    thank you
    Sonja and Apollo

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