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Because you will not be forever,
Hope against time though I may,
I paint your picture in my memory,
Eyes blue with age, muzzle gone gray.
Because you walked with me in Springtime,
Puppy-clumsy, running free.
As you grew, we grew together --
You became a part of me.
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Because you shared with me my sorrows,
Not understanding- simply there.
Often spurring me to laughter --
My friend, you know how much I care.
Because the years have slowed your fleetness,
Though your spirit still is strong.
I promise I will take more time now,
So that you can go along. |
Because you do not fear the future,
Living only in the now,
I draw strength from your example --
Yet time keeps slipping by somehow.
Because the day will soon be coming
When I will no longer see
You rise to greet me - but in memory
You will always walk with me. |
