Are you all up for a bit of a tear-jerker? I wrote this poem for Taz, to send 
to my family and friends, and thought I'd share it with you too. I'm really not 
much of a writer, and poetry is not really my thing, but pieces of it just kept 
coming to my mind, it seemed to just write itself. 
 

I DIDN’T KNOW 

I didn’t know that it was our last night together
Sleeping with you curled up by my side
Your warm presence so comforting
The first thing I see when I arise

I didn’t know that it would be our last morning
Eating my breakfast as you waited by
Always a treat for you when I finished
But today you just turned aside

I didn’t know what you were trying to tell me
Laying your head on my knee as a sign
You knew something just wasn’t right
But I couldn’t understand what it was

I didn’t know you were in such distress
As you tried to follow me from room to room
Always so patient and willing
But struggling now just to get by

I didn’t know we had no time to spend waiting
You always seemed so healthy and strong
But I saw you were starting to fade
And knew it was time then to go

I didn’t know it was our last car ride together
With you riding in front as you loved
You tried to sit up as usual
And I gently just held you back down

I didn’t know it would be the last time I carried you
Cradling you in my arms like a babe
Like so many times I’d held you before
And you trusted I wouldn’t let you fall

I didn’t know when they took you away from me
That I'd never see that sheltie smile again
That special light in your eyes that twinkled
And always shone brightest for me

I didn’t know if you heard my last goodbyes
As you struggled so hard just to breathe
I wanted to keep you forever
But had to let you go in peace

I didn’t know my heart could be broken so completely
That I could be in so much pain and still go on
But I have others that still need me here
And your story to always pass on

I didn’t know that life would change so much when I got you
And that it would change just as much when you left
But you put your paw prints right on my heart
And I’ll never be the same again


By Mary Jo, In Loving Memory of Taz



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