Poems For Loss

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​a baby’s face.​back by God, Himself,​A new puppy ​come for the ​the hill,​you see on ​

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Poems For Loss

​abound.​and the beautiful ​You're going back ​way​to be with ​paws would joyously ​

​weep​send you back.​Somehow I'll find a ​out — then come home ​

​it's where your ​
​flow when you ​
​I had to ​
​And you're truly gone.​Be patient, live your journey ​
​then I remember,​
​salty tears that ​
​to go,​

​is all over,​to see.​sound…​
​I’m the hot ​But, little one, for your pain ​
​But now it ​much for you ​
​of carpet, and muted echoes ​soft summer breeze.​
​that;​imagine this end.​
​show you, there is so ​down a hall ​

​presence in the ​No question about ​I could not ​

​many things to ​

​Our feet walk ​and you’ll feel my ​to miss you,​
​days,​I have so ​are no more.​
​trees,​Oh, I am going ​Back in those ​
​and we'll stand, side by side.​used to lie, but now you ​

​leaves on the ​near.​beautiful canine friend.​
​to greet you ​it's where you ​answer through the ​You constantly were ​
​grow into a​I'll rush across ​then I remember,​I’ll whisper my ​
​on my lap,​I watched you ​divide,​the floor…​

​you.​my feet or ​gave up.​cross the brief ​
​a spot on ​Lord up above ​You were at ​And you never ​for you to ​

​window pane onto ​
  

​to through the ​you were here;​Fighting to survive,​

​time is right ​ Sunlight streams through ​
​you can talk ​
​As long as ​scrappy little pup.​

​And when the ​~​to love you,​felt lonely,​Were just a ​

​in the morning.”​to say goodbye.​
​thinking there’s no one ​I never once ​since you​And say, “Goodnight, God bless, I'll see you ​
​now​When you start ​
​safe and warm.​I've known you ​
​watch you yawning,​all right for ​
​is mine.​Where it was ​you?​over now … I smile and ​
​That it is ​the moon shine ​
​bed,​live life without ​ The day is ​know at last​the face in ​
​jump upon my ​world can I​
​close to you.​Your heart will ​and you’ll see that ​
​You'd run and ​How in the ​of that evening, I was very ​

​knowing why​starts to shine,​thunderstorms;​
​and through,​
​In the stillness ​and without really ​when the sun ​
​And of booming ​
​A friend through ​knew…​
​When you awaken ​
​ray of light ​of lightening, too,​
​Loving and loyal,​
​very quietly, then smiled, I think you ​
​in a dream​I’m the first ​
​You were afraid ​

​~​
​You sat there ​behind my love ​

​will bring.​year.​
​sad.​
​away.”​I will leave ​
​raindrop that April ​but once a ​
​to ever be ​you with certainty, “I never went ​
​gently quivers​The first warm ​Though you went ​
​be no reason ​To say to ​
​The silver thread ​the spring,​
​date,​and there will ​
​everyday.​moment​
​bright blossom you’ll see in ​know each scheduled ​

​had​so near you ​here for a ​
​I’m the first ​You seemed to ​great times we ​
​me to be ​
​I am only ​
​quiet pond.​
​your greatest fear;​Always remember the ​
​It's possible for ​
​I, whispering​
​water in a ​I guess was ​to the end.​
​standing there.​But it was ​The clear cool ​vets for shots,​
​with you even ​you know, that I was ​
​hair​you’re so fond,​
​Going to the ​I'll be right ​hard to let ​
​a strand of ​flowers of which ​it so.​

​friend​I tried so ​you brush away ​I’m the beautiful ​

​Because you loved ​you, you're my best ​
​a chair.​afraid to hope​
​blankets the ground.​
​house,​I'll always love ​

​very tired, and sank into ​but you are ​
​white snow that ​back inside the ​
​I we didn't really care.​You looked so ​believe it's real​
​and the pure ​You'd not come ​

​but you and ​
​said, “It's me.”​
​You ache to ​comes around​
​your first snow?​where​

Poems For Loss

​you, I smiled and ​brush of fur​
​leaves when fall ​Do you remember ​
​to who knows ​my paw on ​me, perhaps a soft ​
​I’m the colorful ​outside world exciting,​

​Away we went ​I gently put ​
​Do you feel ​beach.​ You found the ​
​inside.​for your key.​
​the memories​you’re at the ​

​scold.​excited I'd jump right ​
​house, as you fumbled ​you smile at ​
​moist sand when ​the need to ​
​I was so ​you towards the ​

​and to make ​I’m the warm ​If I felt ​a ride​I walked with ​shattered heart​beyond your reach-​crestfallen,​we went for ​there.​to calm your ​I’ll never be ​But, was your face ​Remember the times ​

​I'm not lying ​be near you,​summer’s night.​



Lend Me A Pup

​told;​it got dark.​reassure you that ​
​I will always ​star on a ​Without even being ​
​went down and ​I want to ​me, I am here​
​I’m the brightest ​a toy,​until the sun ​
​with such care.​Can you see ​
​sight-​ball or get ​

​the park​grave today, you tend it ​tears​
​out of your ​You'd fetch a ​
​play all through ​you at my ​
​that cry without ​I’ll never wander ​
​to know.​We'd run and ​I was with ​
​eyes​heart.​
​You always seemed ​a blast.​
​could do more.​sadness in your ​

​alive in your ​against my knee,​
​park we had ​take your parcels, I wished I ​
​to see the ​you keep me ​You'd rub up ​
​walked to the ​I longed to ​
​I have come​as long as ​kind of low;​
​like when we ​getting sore.​
​wings of light ​free, but I’ll never depart​Or was feeling ​
​in the past​shops today, your arms were ​

​and on the ​My spirit is ​I was happy,​
​times we had ​you at the ​
​name​feel, see or hear.​You sensed when ​
​Remember the great ​I was with ​
​of your pain, I heard my ​I’m everything you ​
​for a ride.​the best.​me.​
​From the Silence ​gone but I’m always near.​
​You were ready ​

​show I was ​reached down to ​
​Singer​My body is ​
​keys out,​entered my first ​times your hands ​
​By Lisa Carmel ​to stay.​
​got my car ​
​so when I ​of the many ​
​~​heart I long ​
​And if I ​test after test​You were thinking ​
​angel's bark.​and within your ​

​my side;​

She Was Just My Dog

​at it with ​pour the tea.​a little dog ​night and day​
​You never left ​but you kept ​breakfast, I watched you ​
​the gathering dark,​your side each ​to take,​didn't really obey.​to you at ​

​a sound through ​I’m right by ​walks we used ​fun since I ​I was close ​
​he will hear ​I’m still here, though you don’t see.​You loved those ​
​we had such ​“It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here.”​gold,​me​
​beg.​sit and stay​away a tear,​those courts of ​Friend, please don’t mourn for ​
​And, of course, you learned to ​Remember teaching me ​as you brushed ​that leads to ​~​sit, and stay, and come,​

​a sight.​you so softly ​open the door,​
​there for me.​You learned to ​laugh, I was quite ​
​I whined to ​of death to ​Now … you wait right ​
​legs;​it made you ​
​hard to sleep.​
​for the hand ​to Jesus,​
​to steer four ​to night​

​crying, you found it ​dark and cold,​
​And I'm glad you're sitting next ​It was hard ​ball from morning ​
​that you were ​outside in the ​I'm glad you're now pain-free;​
​walk,​I fought that ​I could see ​waits​
​So, see you later, little friend,​you learned to ​the rubber ball.​have a peep.​
​last his master ​hear.​You stumbled when ​I couldn't even pickup ​
​night, I came to ​And when at ​Just … happy barks to ​grown.​so small​
​your bed last ​hears.​harps or horns,​Not even halfway ​
​when I was ​I stood by ​his master's voice he ​I don't want any ​

​fluff,​

A Little Dog Angel

​Remember the time ​

​By Colleen Fitzsimmons​and dreams that ​And at heaven's gate I'm near,​
​a ball of ​sad.​
​~​his ears​is done,​
​You were just ​and not so ​meet above.​
​dog angel cocks ​time on earth ​home?​
​to be happy ​friend until we ​And the little ​

​And when my ​this house your ​
​I want you ​for my best ​
​there.​in God's air.​When you made ​
​feel bad​and keep them ​who is not ​
​You'll run freely ​Oh, little friend, do you recall,​so much I ​
​my love,​to the dog ​a leash,​

​By Virginia Ellis​You've been crying ​
​a blanket of ​in his easy ​You won't even need ​
​forgets sometimes, and whispers low​
​master will call ​alone.​And he watches ​
​call for me.”​“For I know ​angels he will ​
​the courts of ​have — she was just ​to wait for ​

​my side was ​Her kisses on ​ignorant.​
​secret comfort and ​itself.​
​Without her, I am only ​happy, she was joy ​to forgive.​
​she was not ​left without taking ​tail at my ​
​by the way ​She had told ​She was the ​
​could see above ​and know he ​

​In memory of ​

Solace

​and try to ​much sooner than ​

​And for the ​Will you shelter ​For all the ​
​I fancied that ​nor hate me ​Now will you ​
​And from the ​pup to learn.​since all from ​
​as solace for ​you and ​

​him back​he is gone.​
​For you to ​years since i ​
​pit of poverty ​do while deployed, to losing the ​
​This has been ​experience is pain.​If all I ​

​If all I ​shot.​with my family.​
​I've forgotten the ​be Human.​
​feel empathy,​think.​
​pain. I hate the ​I would say ​To love and ​
​didn't have to ​And "I miss you"​

​And "your my baby"​say goodbye.​smoky room​
​if I could ​I watched your ​
​your lips​died​Waiting for it ​
​Giving it sun,​in which it ​I found a ​

​didn't see it ​snake that hides ​
​whose true colors ​way.​But in some ​
​who hurt me.​

​and realizing poorly ​

Tribute to a Best Friend

Poems For Loss

​better...​- Brendon Shay Sawyer​And then you ​you’d create;​
​couldn’t stand to ​
​tight-knit family where ​were crashing in.​friend;​

​You’ll never know ​cold​I felt no ​breath​
​used again​
​soft heart​to them.​ But like every ​

​from me to ​rough side of ​have become.​shame at saying ​
​and disgraceful, but necessary.​
​beautiful.​an old rusted ​you've always used. It takes me ​

​the shape, and the eye-shadow, applied meticulously or ​I can see ​deep conversation. A long phone ​at the notion. A prolonged eye ​
​lined up in ​he sees you, but knowing that ​road. I can hear ​windows, and I can ​choices and things ​

​rings, punctuating the oddities ​an unusual archeologist, digging through the ​as he sits ​that someday my ​
​at the gates ​toward the throne,​comes he will ​gates.​

​with the other ​

The Loss of a Heart-Dog

​High up in ​

​I will — as I always ​She had promised ​Her presence by ​hurts.​
​before I was ​With her, I knew a ​She was loyalty ​When I succeeded, she bragged.​

​When I was ​wrong, she was delighted ​with worry because ​hurt when I ​
​she wagged her ​

​reason for being;​sea.​the winds.​other eyes that ​
​bundle, ​achieve,​comes ​call him back​may?​

​grief you’ll run.​Done,"​again?​labor vain,​
​you.​teachers true,​I want this ​

​stay ​his memories ​charms to gladden ​But will you, till I call ​
​for him when ​awhile a puppy, God said,​off. It's been 4 ​back into the ​

​I had to ​considered Human?​if I only ​be Human​
​be Human​with the first ​ My happiness left ​I don't feel empathy.​

​it is to ​It's one's ability to ​It's you're ability to ​
​goodbye. I hate the ​all,​had to choose,​I wish I ​

​And "I'll always, always love you"​And "I love you"​didn't have to ​locked in the ​
​was me instead​smoking gun​sleepy smile on ​

​because the seed ​Did everything right,​potting,  ​
​Checked the soil ​me​can't say I ​

Poems For Loss

​unaware of the ​torment​It's easier that ​
​me through​I like people ​

​Haiku on healing ​thought I was ​home.​some hope,​the love that ​
​hate myself and ​You formed a ​As the waves ​

​more than a ​(Dedicated to Jamie)​Has left me ​emotion​took your last ​
​out​you​the stars, I cannot go ​perfect harmony.​

​Some cleaning advice ​

No More Tears

​dish soap, before using the ​

​in a pan. How stuck I ​I love you, and feel no ​the notion, the conversation, that was ugly ​
​been any more ​ugly creek on ​use, I guess it's the same ​
​same. I can see ​lived love.​
​a context for ​so subtle embarrassment ​we spent together ​

​stick at God, not knowing if ​car, on a mountain ​like stained glass ​
​tattoos, a reflection of ​I remember, with your various ​room, dim and weird. Unusual artifacts from ​
​below,​wait patiently​as he sits ​
​As they hurry ​“and when he ​alone at the ​angel waits;​

​By Noah M. Holland​And I expect ​and unknown things.​
​feelings.​heal my human ​
​me understanding where ​of devotion.​powerful.​
​a fool, she ignored it.​make me smile.​When I was ​

​made her sick ​she showed her ​
​by the way ​I was her ​out into the ​
​that heard above ​She was my ​with your faithful ​
​my wishes to ​bitter grief that ​But should I ​him while you ​

​the risk of ​"Dear Lord, They Will Be ​my pup back ​
​Nor think the ​I have chosen ​in search of ​lessons taught below​
​that he will ​you’ll always have ​He’ll bring his ​
​2 or 3​and to mourn ​to you for ​

​working my​i loved, to being forced ​now. Between the things ​
​Am I still ​be Human​Can I still ​
​Can i still ​My empathy left ​myself.​
​I don't feel happy,​That it what ​

​someone else.​ability to feel,​I hate saying ​
​never love at ​But if I ​you​
​now"​"hello"​I wish I ​
​that moment​and wished it ​swiftly exchanged the ​through half-closed lids​

​But it didn't grow,​

The Best Dog of All

​Checked it everyday​
​I changed the ​Watered it daily​
​people who hurt ​surprised,​
​the innocent flower ​put you through ​

​that hurt me.​pain they put ​
​tug​by time​
​you proud ❤️)​
​us all a ​just looking for ​

​myself surrounded by ​I used to ​
​life I’d know,​
​my life,​You were much ​
​forms.​your absence​

​Devoid of all ​That day you ​
​to be rung ​
​the dark, can I see ​much I love ​
​the stars. In the distance, you dance in ​and stains."​

​water with some ​to you, and carbonize, like sugar burning ​
​to me. I know that ​my hands, a soothing motion, attempting to smooth ​
​could not have ​non hiking county, sitting over an ​
​the lotion you ​see in you. In their reflection, I think the ​

​time, from a short ​great, but servicable as ​
​the University, holding my hand, and my ever ​the three days ​
​and yell! To shake a ​I see your ​
​crept into prominence. I don't like tattoos, but they are ​I see your ​hands, more aged than ​

​I see your ​

Memories

​And his master, down on earth ​

​if I just ​
​wistful eye​pass him by​come” says he,​
​but he sits ​a little dog ​~​
​need her.​fears of dark ​

​away my bad ​my knee could ​She had brought ​
​me the meaning ​With her, I was all ​When I was ​
​angry, she clowned to ​for me).​
​(I think it ​by the way ​

​my leg;​times over that ​that could reach ​
​my other ears ​~​
​cherish every moment ​If, by your love, you’ve managed​please brave the ​
​forever grateful stay?​Will you love ​

​will bring​say,​
​to take ​your love​
​life’s land​whole world over​
​But there are ​I cannot promise ​

​be brief)​him for me?​or 14 years, or maybe for ​
​he lives ​I will lend ​
​raised in after ​with the woman ​
​for a while ​I have become,​Can I still ​

Poems For Loss

​hatred.​Human?​
​with a divorce.​I survive for ​
​me?​myriad of emotions.​To live for ​
​Humanity is your ​times more.​

​or to to ​all​
​that I miss ​And "You can go ​
​got to say ​of your mouth​it would be ​
​it​yours​me​

​Anything even.​saw the light​
​Nothing happened so​it.​
​So I love ​I can't be caught ​than to trust ​
​you know will ​I like people ​

​don't enjoy the ​at the slightest ​
​Scabs scraped off ​Jamie. We miss you. We will make ​
​together a gave ​for different reasons ​Until I found ​
​myself and grow;​still recovering, from the loneliest ​

​anchor that saved ​for me,​
​comes in many ​The realization of ​
​silence​again​
​a sponge​of memory, where only in ​

​accept, no matter how ​In the dark, I see you. You glitter like ​
​remove stubborn food ​sit in warm ​
​Around you, I am free. My soul bared, I melt on ​my heart , what you mean ​
​your hair in ​moments the world ​

​short hikes in ​I can smell ​
​me, wondering what I ​
​text, after a long ​that's not that ​a reel. A moment at ​
​I can see ​raise your voice ​

​through them.​point or another. People who influenced, and ideas that ​
​life strangely lived.​I see your ​In the dark, I see you.​
​chair,​for me.”​
​“But I know ​them with a ​

​The other angels ​my master will ​not play,​
​heaven today​
​my dog.​me…whenever…wherever…in case I ​
​protection against my ​my tears washed ​

​Her head on ​
​a private peace.​
​She had taught ​another person.​
​unbounded.​When I was ​

​along to care ​

I'm Still Here

​her along​smallest smile;​
​she rested against ​
​me a thousand ​part of me ​the clouds;​
​loved you too.​him that you’ve loved,​understand.​

​you’ve planned,​happiness you’ll know ​
​him with tenderness,​joys this pup ​
​I heard them ​when I come ​
​give him all ​fold that crowd ​I’ve looked the ​Earth return,​

​your grief.​(should his stay ​take care of ​
​Maybe for 12 ​love him while ​lost everything.​
​that i was ​family i built ​
​on my mind ​With all that ​have is anger.​can feel is ​

​Am I still ​My love left ​warmth of love.​
​But what about ​To experience a ​To experience love,​
​mourning.​goodbye a thousand ​lose​
​miss you at ​But I hate ​And "it's ok"​

​But I'm glad I ​and the prison ​freeze time​
​lips wrap around ​my hand touched ​you looked at ​
​to sprout something​Made sure it ​sat​seed, and I planted ​
​coming​beneath it.​already show,​Loving someone who ​

​masochistic way,​I promise I ​made stitches rip ​
​clearly not. I am Tender​(I love you ​brought us all ​We were lost ​
​be awake,​I could love ​As I was ​You were the ​
​what you did ​I guess grief ​pain​

​I stood in ​again​soaks up loss​I watch, through my telescope ​
​astronomer, I too must ​you.​a sponge to ​
​"Let a pan ​as much.​I know in ​
​I can feel ​pipe. Yet in those ​

​back to hiking ​

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