This is a poem I wrote about a year after my first dog died, when I was about 7 or 8. It takes me a lot of courage to upload it like this, since I still cry about her, even nine years later. Her death is probably the most vivid memory I have from that age.
The Boy was excited as he sat in the car.
''Where are we going?'' he said.
''We're taking the dog to the vet,'' said his mum,
''we think something's wrong with her head.''
''That's good,'' said the Boy, ''I thought it was odd -
She seems a bit under the weather,''
He glanced at the dog as he spoke and she blinked -
Wagged her tail and kept licking the leather.
The journey was fine, no problems at all;
they kept going 'til they reached the vet.
The parents walked in and they spoke to the man,
But the Boy walked alongside his pet.
After hours of looking, the vet spoke to Mum -
and words of sad pity were heard.
The Boy sat oblivious, not knowing the news;
Happy was the mood he preferred.
The Boy hugged his dog.
The Vet turned back.
The injection was given.
The boy was pulled away. Forever...
The eyes glazed over. Forever...
The muscles relaxed. Forever...
Dreaming of bones and of other dogs...
Forever Dreaming...
The Boy was excited as he sat in the car.
''Where are we going?'' he said.
''We're taking the dog to the vet,'' said his mum,
''we think something's wrong with her head.''
''That's good,'' said the Boy, ''I thought it was odd -
She seems a bit under the weather,''
He glanced at the dog as he spoke and she blinked -
Wagged her tail and kept licking the leather.
The journey was fine, no problems at all;
they kept going 'til they reached the vet.
The parents walked in and they spoke to the man,
But the Boy walked alongside his pet.
After hours of looking, the vet spoke to Mum -
and words of sad pity were heard.
The Boy sat oblivious, not knowing the news;
Happy was the mood he preferred.
The Boy hugged his dog.
The Vet turned back.
The injection was given.
The boy was pulled away. Forever...
The eyes glazed over. Forever...
The muscles relaxed. Forever...
Dreaming of bones and of other dogs...
Forever Dreaming...
