Goodbye, I Love You

You were so young when we met,
I decided to make you my pet,
Recently divorced I need company.
You were glad you felt so free.

We ran and played every chance we got.
And never but never did we fight.
It was such fun I fell in love with you.
Even though times you would chew on my shoe,

Then you decided your time was due,
So you gathered your toys,
And they were babies to you.
You had your bed in a special place,
In my dirty clothes, what a disgrace.

You did this for years
And took very good care of them,
You even tried to help ducky swim.

Then the time came, and you got so sick.
What could I do, I started to panic.
The doctor said there was nothing he could do.
In a short time you would be through.

After then I spent so much time with you
Every minute I could, was a treasure too.
Then the day came, you could no longer walk.
I started to cry, I could not talk.

I took you to the vet,
One I had never met,
He agreed your time was here,
I must concede, it was severe,

I said goodbye to you, as I held your head,
The next thing I knew,
You were ...... asleep.

Now I sit here crying over you,
Wishing there were something I could do.
Goodbye my Rascal, I love you.