I Just Can'T Say Goodbye Little Sweet

You kept me from being alone, You listened to my silliness though, All you asked was a belly rub, And a blue boy to tear up and throw. You weathered your blinding eyes, Then one morning you woke but could not see, For the last year or so I led you, “This way, this way,” But with your pluck you found your way without me. We called your odd supper “bean beans,” Yogurt and applesauce mixed in, For that’s what you were fed by a rescue A little stray in my neighborhood but my win. And I ached for you when we both slowed down, I couldn’t take you for walks, but you understood, You will never know what your unconditional love did for me. You never could, you never, never could. And now you are gone, I found you fallen by your bowl, I knew you hadn’t been “up to snuff,” But I thought you’d get better and so The house silent now though you are everywhere. No little snores, but still under my feet. The loneliness is killing my soul with tears, I just can’t say “goodbye” little sweet. Annie died on October 4, 2018, about 5:30 p.m. after eating a good supper. She had fallen “asleep” by her water bowl.