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I know this is about a dog, but really touched me when i lost two labs in March and then a cat in April last year...

I'm with you all the way man!

Gen

The House Dog’s Grave
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)

I’ve changed my ways a little; I cannot now Run with you in
the evenings along the shore, Except in a kind of dream; and
you, If you dream a moment, You see me there.

So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door Where I used
to scratch to go out or in, And you’d soon open; leave on
the kitchen floor The marks of my drinking-pan.

I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no, All the nights through I
lie alone.

But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet Outside
your window where firelight so often plays, And where you
sit to read– And I fear often grieving for me– Every night
your lamplight lies on my place.

You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard To think of you
ever dying. A little dog would get tired, living so long. I
hope that when you are lying Under the ground like me your
lives will appear As good and joyful as mine. No, dears,
that’s too much hope: You are not so well cared for as I
have been. And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew. Your minds are perhaps too active,
too many-sided... But to me you were true.

You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.

"If It Should Be"

If it should be that I grow weak and pain should keep me from my sleep,

Then you must do what must be done, for this last battle can't be won.

You will be sad - I understand, don't let this grief then stay your hand.

For this day, more than all the rest, your love for me must stand the test.

We've had so many happy years, what has to come can hold no fears.

You'd not want me to suffer so, the time has come, please let me go.

Take me where my needs they'll tend, and please stay with me to the end.

Hold me firm, and speak with me, until my eyes no longer see.

I know in time that you will see, the kindness that you did for me.

Although my tail it's last has waved, from pain and suffering I've been saved.

Please do not grieve.

It must be you who has this painful thing to do.

We've been so close, we two, these years, don't let your heart hold back its tears.

Anonymous