{"sf1_id":1356183,"sf2_id":"dePEEE0m","title":"Farewell My Friend","author":"Mantrid_Brizon","words":204,"posted_at":"2018-08-01T04:41:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Depression","Dog","Friendship","Pit Bull","Poem","Poetry","Rhyme","Sad","Sorrow","Tragedy"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1356183-farewell-my-friend","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dePEEE0m","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/68/1c/681c39a5-fca1-463d-b13e-3632e64752ec","description":"#16 of Poetry\n\nA grief stricken poem to my best friend, Shane, who also happened to be a dog. He died on 5/22/2018, his 3rd birthday, in a tragic accident. R.I.P Shane.","content":"Farewell My Friend\n\n(05/22/2018)\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIn Memory of Shane.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFarewell to you, friend,\n\nIt has come to an end,\n\nBut not due to hate,\n\nYou were stolen by fate,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe pain that I feel,\n\nIs all that is real,\n\nFrom the loss of this friend,\n\nMy heart may never mend,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI searched high and low,\n\nFinding you was a blow,\n\nI did all that I could,\n\nIf I could revive you, I would,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut instead I would carry,\n\nA friend once so merry,\n\nWith my hands I had dug,\n\nA hole to bury a love,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat was taken too soon,\n\nI return to an empty room,\n\nAnd I miss you much,\n\nHaving lost my last crutch,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's all I can do,\n\nTo carry on through,\n\nEverything I would give,\n\nTo know that you live,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut beneath my own feet,\n\nYou lie in eternal sleep,\n\nA headstone I gave,\n\nPlanted daisies on your grave,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd I hope that you knew,\n\nWhat you meant to the few,\n\nWho loved you so well,\n\nEven after you fell,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo farewell to you friend,\n\nIt has come to an end,\n\nAnd I'm dying inside,\n\nFrom pain I struggle to hide.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1356182-forlorn.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1356185-in-time.json"}}