Latasha, My Best Buddy

MUCH TIME HAS GONE BY STILL YOU'RE NO WHERE IN SIGHT. MY DEVOTED COMPANION BY MY SIDE DAY AND NIGHT. I STILL SEE YOUR VISION ON MY BED, WHERE YOU'D LAY, ALWAYS LOOK AS I KNEEL EACH NIGHT BEFORE I PRAY DO I HOPE YOU MIGHT BE THERE? YOU WERE THERE ALL THOSE YEARS THEN REALITY HITS ME... MANY NIGHTS BRING THE TEARS. ONE NIGHT I LAY SLEEPING, YOUR NOSE GENTLY NUDGED MY CHEEK, AS I LOOKED, YOU STOOD OVER ME, "TASH, LIE DOWN...GO TO SLEEP!" YOU TRIED SO TO TELL ME, STILL...NOT A WHIMPER, NOT A CRY SO HOW COULD I KNOW, YOU WERE STARTING TO DIE. EACH DAY IS LIKE ANOTHER, SO LONELY, YOU'VE GONE. OUR CAR'S COMPLETELY EMPTY; DRIVING ALONE? TAKES TOO LONG. SO YOU SEE, MY SWEET TASHA, YOU WERE MORE THAN A PET 'CAUSE SINCE YOU'RE NOT WITH ME MY ROUTINE'S JUST A WRECK. CHARGED FORWARD, WHILE OTHERS ABANDONED, STRONG COMMITMENT, SO TRULY RARE. FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU CHOSE TO GUARD ME, LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE TO PROVE YOU CARED. YOU SURPASSED ALL THE OTHERS, SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST. JOYFULLY FILLED ALL MY HOURS MY TRUE BUDDY, YOU'RE THE BEST! THERE IS ONE THING I'M SURE OF 'TWAS FOR ME YOU DEEPLY CARED! KNOW YOUR MEMORY LIVES WITH ME FROM THE LONG LIFE THAT WE SHARED. I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER! MOMMY April 17, 1998-March 6, 2010