HEAVEN-NEAR If it seems we are worlds apart, the time between us years away; nestled there, in your heart is a place where I shall stay.
And what may seem long, the distance from there to here, is naught but a breath away for I am always Heaven-Near...
(for the loss of a loved one, human or animal) TIMBER WOLF There is a critter living in the woods and mountainside.
Of strangers he is wary, from the unknown he may hide.
Though his realm grows ever smaller, he patrols it still with pride, 'neath the bright moon, padding softly with his shadow by his side.
When the sun dips into twilight the regal wolf doth give voice, through the darkness to the night sky, where the silver stars shine bright.
(Submitted in honor of the Cottonwood Pack -- A painful loss of a precious gift, a beautiful wolf pack, reintroduced to the Yellowstone Park and brutally obliterated in the autumn of 2009.
) OPEN THE GATES The tears of love upon your face while I sheltered midst your warm embrace Such tender soft, the words you spoke as you held me gently until I woke And thus my soul you gave release to the place where all find health and peace Do you recall when you felt sick and I could heal it with a lick? Or days when you'd come home feeling sad I'd act silly 'til it didn't seem so bad? You often call me your Golden Boy and loved me deeply, to my doggy joy I cherish your hugs, your softest kiss I can't deny, those things I'll miss I've crossed the Bridge and it is here I wait, in a wondrous meadow, bordering a Golden gate When it is time for us, for all-time to meet I'll be tail wagging, fur-face smiling to greet Together, we'll stride to that glittering wall beyond which our future together doth call Happy, healthy, and well we shall forever be my beloved humans, my dearest friends, my kin...
You and me! (Dedicated for a Golden Retriever, named Bob Gates, who will be missed by his humans.
) copyright 2009 --Kathy Pippig Harris