September 19th 2006 1:38 pm
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Onycha

Thank you for sharing your adventure with me
So small that day we met
So quiet and tiny on the ride home
You and I – committed with a glance – we began
Pismo Beach, San Simeon, Dana Point,
Mendicino, Gualalla, San Francisco,
Quincy, Paradise, Grants Pass,
So many more places
And your hair went where you could not

Thank you for making me laugh out loud
When tears overwhelmed
For your bark, that sounded true
When all about was darkness and I’d lost my way
Throughout my whole day, and every choice I made
Involved you
You were the silvery thread that held me to this life
By my side, keeping me from slipping into the great divide

Thank you for being my poseable pup
And allowing me to dress you
In your hat and heart-shaped sunglasses,
Or the yellow and blue jesters costume
That was complete with belled cap
For pictures uncountable in places to astound and bemuse
Allowing all those others to take pictures too
Of you that day at the duck-races as you cheered on Thedaddy
Or walking through san Francisco with your backpack.

Thank you for making christmas fun
Opening gifts with us and ever-after barking at tubes
You were the physical representation of the love of God for me
You made me feel your whole existence was just for me
That your whole world revolved around me
And that I was your best friend

Thank you that you made me want to show you the world
I had lost the desire to be in
Singing with me – those silly songs I made up for you
For making rooster-tails in the sand
Because you ran so fast
Standing in front on our first canoe ride
As though you were my guide
Those picnics in the park,
Walks through towns, dipping in rivers and
Quiet ossuary days

Thank you that you were never just a dog
Always a lady – regal and lovely
Loveable and tender and so concerned
Always knowing what I wanted – ever beyond expectation
Bouncing through the sprinklers
Laying in the font yard
Our guard – watching your world – and our hearts

Thank you for that moment
Wasn’t it yesterday
Dancing under the stars
The moon lit the sky just for you
It was just a breath of time
But you breathed it into me
And when I was about to fall through
You were there for me to hold on to
That perfect vessel for me to pour my love into
Filled with light and love and overflowing
With joy that drenched my soul

Thank you for being my muse
Giving me again words to spin from my pen
Stories of a Corgi and songs and poems
My clown, my eyes, my laughter
Giving my soul words aloud to sound
And I am not afraid
While the pen spins tales of a tailless wonder
Thank you for sharing your adventure with me