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
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