Loyal Friend To the End
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Hunter the knight that shines so bright
Your twinkling greens eyes were my delight
There was no task from which you would shrink
two years with cancer always on the brink
From the day your were born till day you died
You treasured each moment you were alive
A bond was formed and you saved my life
Not just once but many times
You suffered in silence an endless pain
as cancer ate your body away
Yet still rose to every call
your love enough to carry you on
With your sister by your side
with Lady Guiniverre you would ride
then walk into that beautiful place
grassy knolls where children play
Into a stream you both would slip
delighted you both would swim a bit
& smile your silly smile with half your face
& run & jump & prance & play
You would both take turns when I was home
Making sure I was never ever alone
Always excited when I came in
from wherever I had been again
I love you both my tears still gush
I hope you did not suffer much
I just could not anesthetize
I kept you alive despite the advice
I wanted you both to be in the same place
in the yard were you always would play
I made your final resting place
I know for at least the last two years
you only hung on to ease my fears
You tried so hard not to die
your heart was willing but your body denied
How lonely you must have been inside
86 days you were alone for the first time
Your sister was no longer by your side
I can't believe you held on so long
just to comfort me once she was gone
86 days is what it did take
then you joined your sister in her resting place
Hunter March 8, 2008 to August 9, 2020
&
Lady Guinevere March 8, 2008 to May 15, 2020
Brother and Sister - Bonded littermates -
American Staffordshire Pitbull Terriers
No words can ever express
the love I have for you
& how much your missed
The sweetest, gentlest, kindest, loving, fur babies anyone could ask for
I will miss you forever Hunter & Gwinny. I love you both.
Copyright © Sheila Van Zant | Year Posted 2020
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