February 2nd 2007 9:01 pm
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Licorice came to live with us when she was just a puppy. Some neighbors left her in their basement when they moved away and my sister brought her to my mom and dad. She wasn't much younger then me. She and I were the very best of friends. I used to run around the house and she'd chase me and then she'd grab a hold of the back of my diaper and pull me down on my butt. She treated me like her puppy, besides the occasional disappearing food act that she liked to do she was a wonderful girl. When my sister got a dalmatian puppy she got along well with her. She curled up in bed with me every night and she was my wake up call every morning. She had had many strokes so her left side of her face was non expressive. We moved to a new house in 2000 where we got another dog, Eevon, who she got along with well also. She wasn't much of a player by then she mostly kept Eevon in line but that was a good thing for us. Over the years she had started to not be able to walk on tile floor, and she ran into table legs and couldn't keep her balance very well. In 03 she got very sick and we found out it was an ear infection but taking her back to the vet not long after we found out that she had cancer, caterax, arthritis and she was suffering badly. We didn't want her to suffer. So in May of 03 she was put down. I kept everything the vet sent us, the envelope the card came in the Rainbow bridge poem and her collar.

I'm still here

I stood beside your bed last night
I came to have a peek
I could see that you were crying
You found it hard to sleep

I whined to you softly
As you brushed away a tear
"It's me, I haven't left you,
I'm well, I'm fine, and I’m here."

I was close to you at breakfast
I watched you pour the tea
You were thinking of the many times
Your hands reached down to me

I was with you at the shops today
Your arms were getting sore
I longed to take your parcels
I wish I could do more

I was with you at my grave today
You tend it with such care
I want to reassure you
That I'm not lying there

I walked with you toward the house
As you fumbled for your key
I gently put my paw on you
I smiled and said, "It's me."

You looked so very tired
And sank into a chair
I tried so hard to let you know
That I was standing there

It's possible for me to be
So near you everyday
To say to you with certainty
"I never went away."

You sat there very quietly
Then you smiled, I think you knew
In the stillness of that evening
I was very close to you.

The day is over...
I smile and watch you yawning
And say, "Good night, God bless,
I'll see you in the morning."

And when the time is right
For you to cross the brief divide
I'll rush across to greet you
And we'll stand side by side

I have so many things to show you
There is so much for you to see
Be patient, live your journey out
And then come home to be with me

~R.I.P LICORICE~
5/23/2003