If It Should Be

[Guest Guest]

IF IT SHOULD BE

 

If it should be that I grow frail and weak

And pain should wake me from my sleep

Then you must do what must be done

For this battle can't be won.

 

You will be sad, I understand.

Don't let your grief then stay your hand,

For this day more than all the rest

Your love and friendship stands the test.

 

We've had so many happy years,

What is to come can hold no fears,

You'll not want me to suffer, so,

When the time comes, please let me go.

 

Take me where my needs they’ll tend

 

only stay with me until the end

 

and hold me firm, and speak to me

 

until my eyes no longer see.

 

I know in time you too will see,

It is a kindness you do to me,

Although my tail its last has moved,

From pain and suffering I've been saved.

 

Don't grieve that it should be you,

Who has to decide this thing to do,

We've been so close, we two, these years,

Don't let your heart hold any tears.

 

 

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[grey14me]

I don't know who wrote that...but it's very touching. Thanks for posting it.

[Guest marnie]

Very touching and true.

Edited June 27, 2003 by marnie

[nyGreys]

I made this last year when we lost our sweet Buddy, very sad poem,

I cry whenever I read it!

Run free Bud.