Goodbye My Sweet Boy, Bo Rip
TO MY FAVORITE GOLDEN RETRIEVER BO
Poem I Written September 26, 2015
You're beautiful golden hair,
with a splash of gray on your face.
And so what if your fur,
is all over the damn place.
If you gave me your coat,
I'd make it into a blanket.
I'd stay warm all night,
without you I couldn't make it.
When your first mommy died,
you had crazy distractions.
For you lost your soul mate,
and you needed a connection.
So I swept you in my arms,
and gave you a warm bed.
We welcomed you with hugs,
as I slowly rubbed your head.
So my little family of four,
turned to five overnight.
Oh how I prayed you'd love us,
and take away your fright.
Yesterday the vet came,
your body is full of cancer.
It was all so very sudden,
I had questions needing answers.
So tonight you're here in my arms,
as I gently rub your ear,
and I think about you leaving me,
as I gently wipe a tear.
How will I know,
when it's the right time?
Time to make that terrible decision,
for you to close your eyes.
Your beautiful golden hair,
with a splash of gray on your face-
My love for you soars,
right through time and space.
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Poem II Written October 9, 2016
My sweet boy, I’ll miss you but I know you’ll be loved-
For you will be with Karen resting peacefully above.
When you came into our family our hearts grew ten times-
And even til’ this day I can’t believe you were mine.
My sweet boy, with all that grey covering your face-
Funny how I’ll miss your fur all over the place.
That annoying vacuum will cry for the loss of you-
He will be quite bored with nothing else to do.
My sweet boy, you kissed away so many of my tears-
We have made so many memories the last six years.
If Karen hadn’t died I would have never seen your soul-
One day my heart so empty, the next completely full.
My sweet boy, who loved to follow me everywhere I’d go-
Who would’ve thought how much your spoiled belly would grow!
When the cancer came my whole world was torn apart-
How was I to live with only half of my bleeding heart?
Your fate was to be loved by not just one family, but two-
So many people and animals have fallen in love with you.
Tomorrow will be one of the hardest days I may ever know-
But into Karen’s loving arms, my sweet boy, you’ll quickly go.
Dedicated to my sweet boy, Bo who I will put to rest tomorrow at noon. My sister Karen died in 2010, and my family of four turned into five overnight. We welcomed him into our arms with love and compassion for all he had been through losing his mumma. I wrote the first poem after I found out he had cancer in 2015. A year later it's time to say goodbye. He will be missed so much, and I don't know how I can live without him to be honest. This is the hardest decision I have ever had to make.
Bo Urbaniak
March 24, 2005-October 10, 2016
Copyright © Lu Loo | Year Posted 2016
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