My best friend closed
his eyes last night,
As his head was in my hand.
The doctors said he was in pain,
And it was hard for him to stand.
The thoughts that scurried through my head,
As I cradled him in my arms,
Were of his younger puppy years,
And Oh...his many charms.
Today there was no gentle nudge
With an intense "I love you gaze",
Only a heart that's filled with tears
Remembering our joy filled days.
But an Angel just appeared to me,
And he said, "You should cry no more,
GOD also loves our canine friends,
HE's installed a doggy door!"
High up in the courts of heaven today
A little dog-angel waits.
With the other angels he will not play.
But he sits alone at the gates;
"For I know that my master will come." says he:
"And when he comes, he will call for me."
He sees the spirits that pass him by
As they hasten toward the Throne.
And he watches them with a wistful eye
As he sits at the gates alone:
"But I know if I just wait patiently
That some day my master will come." says he.
And his master far on the earth below.
As he sits in his easy chair.
Forgets sometimes, and he whistles low
For the dog that is not there;
And the little dog-angel cocks his ears.
And dreams that his master's call he hears.
And I know, when at length his master waits
Outside in the dark and cold
For the hand of Death to open the gates
That lead to those courts of gold.
The little dog-angel's eager bark
Will comfort his soul in the shivering dark.
Author: Jan Cooper,
1995
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