It’s 3am and here I sit
I just got home from work
I looked for you when I walked in the door
I saw the empty corner where you used to lurk

I walked downstairs and saw a shadow
I was so sure it was you
My heart completely broke again
When I remembered that I have lost you

My room was empty when I walked in
It was dark and so very cold
Your absence is felt everywhere
These tears are getting so old

But I just miss you oh so much
Your kisses, your bark, your paws
Oh, what I’d do to have you back
The pain is still so raw

Your collar and toy still smell like you
I hope that smell never fades
I feel like I haven’t smelt you in a year
Even though it’s only been days

I go to bed with such a heavy heart
So alone and so desperately sad
I hate that it has ended this way
And my soul is so very mad

You were my baby, from the start
Not really sure how to carry on
I take each minute as it comes
I can’t look into the future for very long

My heart is weary from the sorrow
But continue on I must
For one day I promise I will join you
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Eternity to spend together
I cling to the hope that it’s true
For now I sit here sobbing
As I remember how I lost you

I am so sorry for your loss... I feel the same ...just substitute cat and meow in the appropriate places ~ I love my baby that I lost the same way you love Freeway ~ My heart goes out to you ~ Sincerely, Kathryn

Your poem is beautiful.

It is a fitting tribute to your love and the feelings that you have for your precious Freeway.

I am sure, as your poem says, you will both be together again one day.

with love
jilly

That's a beautiful poem Jenn. It'll be 1 week tomorrow since my Tigi died and the pain and sadness is still very much there. Those words of yours could be mine if I was a poet like you. May you find peace in the knowledge that you and your baby will be reunited one day, and a joyous reunion it will be.

Gary

I truly hate that anyone can relate to this poem as that means that you've all felt or are feeling how I'm feeling. I wish I could make it go away for us all...
There will be many more poems to come... It is often how I express myself when I can't find the words to speak... They flow easily on paper but get jammed up somewhere on the way to my mouth...
I am missing him so much tonight... My sweet boy... nearly 2 weeks...