Pets by our Side

In my life I’ve had kitties, dogs, and bunnies.

Family members can’t be bought with cold, hard money.

They come into our lives and stay by our side.

Our love we give them by opening our hearts wide.

We pet them and care for their every need.

They don’t want much, every morning we feed.

To them we are great, like gods we all be.

We have given them all they want and see.

How they look at us with love as only they can.

Don’t have the heart to tell them I am only a man.

I can’t snap my fingers and make my pets well.

Stop their aging won’t work by casting a spell.

Buster, my Beagle, love for him will not wane.

I came home one day to find my pooch in pain.

Watched my Buster Brown take his very last breath.

He was loyal, for him I know I was blessed.

For the time he was here we shall all be glad.

Think of good things we did so not to be sad.

Time on this planet is short for us all.

For animals we love both big and small.

Love your pets while you have them, hold them close.

There will come a sad day, they’ll leave their post.

Written for Jazzy Jasmine the kitty,

By Oblaidon, June 2009

In memory of:

Buster Brown, Keisha, Rocky, Sammy, Smokey, Cinder, Snoopy, Butch, Duchess, Tigger, Liquorice, and Jazzy.