Friend For Life by Jerri Palechka

I felt his soft,warm fuzzy head

A bow around his neck, gigantic and red

A shopping bag he was presented in

My heart and my soul he knew he would win.

The first years were happy, we knew not what was to come

What the years would bring to us, only where we'd come from.

But nothing else mattered as our friendship grew and grew

Time meant nothing, many trials we'd been through.

He was smart and affectionate, always good for a lick

He understood every word we said, his responses were quick

So much joy he gave to us with his very special talent

He could sing like an opera star, we thought he was gallant.

We thought that this dog we learned to love so much

Could never have an ending, death could not touch

But that isn't the way life works we know now

And at his passing to our knees we did bow.

And the time that we had together gave us riches indeed

But for all the years to come our hearts will still bleed

For there is nothing so precious as the unconditional love

From a dog, your friend and buddy, that was sent from above.