I Thought of You

I thought of you this morning your sweet little face your warm dark eyes your little paws how you slept by me in the night, your soft snore Only 14 still young for a small dog my family my friend your heart was enlarged, seemed fit as your heart was large and loving I thought of you this morning with warm tears Falling down my face and you were alone at the emergency vet they did not let me in The Covid kept me out until that morning When they said you most be put to sleep Would I want to be there oh God and I was and I kissed you and pat you though I felt you sensed this shot was deadly But I told you it would be okay and the pain would go away and you were quiet and your eyes finally became dull and your enlarged heart stopped. I thought of you this morning and I thought of others mothers and fathers lost too and alone with dull and lifeless eyes Love gone I had no family but my husband who cried with me all of us human and pets families loss death and life both warm and cruel