Pilot

Pilot

Our beautiful English Shepherd
Letting her go today
We miss you
You no longer struggle
each breath was laborious
weeks since you were able
to run free in the fields
not having the breath to be
the dog you always have been
the last few days
barely moving around the garage
not venturing out in the morning briefly
not rising up to greet me as enter the garage
finally not eating
the damned tumors
creating respiritory failure
another causing pulminar failure
still alert yet worn out in her eyes
it was time to say good bye
releasing you back into the hands of Father
there will always be a place in our heart
where images and memories reside of you
you were a shadow on the farm
always close behind
no more
just a shadow in our memory
Pilot (Pi Pi, 3.14159) good bye my friend

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Bear

Our Dog Bear 

Bear (17-325C)

As I open the door
A wave of grief meets me
No Bear to greet me
As I enter the garage

Pilot looking with lonely eyes

She knows Bear won't be back
We grieve a few minutes together
Mutual comfort, then move forward

A heart of gratitude for final moments

Sitting petting Bear in the brilliant sun
On a very warm Novembers morn
As I mourn in his final hours

Memories remain to mix

Together with joy and gratitude
For times we shared over fourteen years
And hope of the day when all things made new

Reminder to love well

To hold those I love loosely
To express my heart in the present
No guarantee for another breath

Sorrow and grief will recede

No longer need to carry the trauma
Placing life, times, who and what I love
In Father's hands with praise on my lips

Moments where enemy wants to plant

Seeds of accusation at Father
Same old scheme and now
I will not take the bait

I will offer praise to Father

Brings Him pleasure to be real
And worship in the midst of pain
He lifts the suffering, His peace settles

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-325C)

It is always hard when having to let go of a pet when he has been part of life for such a long time. We had to put Bear down last November.