3 years ago

Your loss I feel even after three years,

Even the heavens remember receiving you today,

A sprinkle of rain to cover the earth,

Reenacting the event from many years ago,

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We carried your shell with a help of a stranger,

A few days later you returned in a wooden box,

How small your remains as I held you in my arms,

I keep you close to me until one day we meet,

Ash to ash and dust to dust that is how our journey will end,

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Holding back tears once more as I think of your loss,

The pain has subsided over the years,

A random memory of yours brings the river to the front,

Sometimes it bursts through the dam of reason,

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I am reminded once again that over a decade of memory,

May require a similar timeline to heal the heart,

But for now, I keep thinking of you almost daily,

Thank you for being a part of our lives,

Showing us what loyalty, joy, and being in the now means,

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We will cherish your pictures until the end of time,

Coupled with memories that will fade over time,

You have joined countless others like you,

In our version of heaven that we keep in our hearts,

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Your death doesn’t bring an end, just a void that is to be filled,

One day someone else will come in our lives,

Spoiling them will be our main goal in life,

Tears of joy will flow then as we compare them to the life you lead,

And each ounce of discipline will be replaced with love,

Each no, with a thousand yes.

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You have laid the path for ones in the future,

To have it easy than you had at some time,

That is the gift that you left for them,

We are grateful to have had the chance to care for you,

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Enough tears have shed now this dawn anew,

Let us remember the rest of today filled with happy moments,

Grace us with your memories throughout the days,

We may have lost you in the physical form,

But tales of your mischief are here to stay.