ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 For all those who have recently had a loss in your family you may appreciate this poem. A Living Love > > 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 front > room--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 when 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. > > 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 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 joy-filled 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 to 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 we will always possess. > > (by Martin Scot Kosins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 That is very moving...... It describes so very well the path we walk with our loved fur kids.... Fido. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owned by Shelties Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 (edited) How very true yet again Ive had another cry... These tears are flowing freely and have been for 2 days now. Where do you find these poems??? little stories? Im looking for something for my Annie's memorial page Edited January 3, 2006 by sheltielover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 Hi Sheltielover Hey I am into shelties!! They come from am International Sheltie list to which I belong, pm or email me if you would like some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottnBullies Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 That was so beautiful and so true ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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