The sun shines through the window

My shadow on the floor,

Your bowl stands in the corner

I forget you’re here no more

The stairs you used to bound down

Barking as you went

The house it feels so empty

Where once we did frequent

I saw you growing weaker

Your energy was low

The eyes they seemed so heavy

They even lost their glow

You warmed my lap in winter

When the nights were so cold,

Ears listening attently

To the stories that I told,

Those eternal days in summer

When you wallowed in the mud,

Shaking water from your back

Landing with a thud,

The years they flew by quickly,

If only we had more time

The human years last so long

That is nature’s crime

I knew the time was closer

Held you till the end

My hand upon your dying heart

It’s goodbye to my friend

Your tail it won’t wag no more

Yet now you're free from pain

Run high now in the clouds now

Until we meet again