Sally Eslinger Poet Epitaph

For Beloved Pets Over

(written upon the death at age 14 of our beloved shih tsu Max
 on Aug. 11.)

Over ~
Over 
The Bridge 
   where they go
To verdant eternal forests 
  and fields, 
To run and leap free 
Without leashes, reigns or chains…
All heaven blessed 
With no hunger or thirst 
While waiting for us.

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Mike Bayles January 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM Nice- in this poem, loyalty of a pet is forever.

Joe Maverick January 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM I am sure they are part of God.. and We will be wonderfully surprised Sally Once we progress '

Paula Goldsmith September 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM I enjoyed reading your powerful and sad write. It is very hard and sad to have a pet go to heaven. I know how you feel. I wish you would write more... "Please" Have a wonderful day writing away............

Joseph P. DiMino September 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM They are beloved family -- safe, to run free. Great tribute! Sally Eslinger September 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM Hi Joe, we lost our dear shih tsu Max, aged 14 last month. Our awesome little girl, mini long-hair doxie is now also 14. I’ve written poems (on here) about both. Just this morning, we both ended up crying in remembering our dogs so loved in 1984, who now run free while waiting…Bless you, Joe!