# POEM: Sunshine And Stychnine

Author: Jade Sinapu
Tags: Dog, Poem, Sad

Don't forget the good times  
My best partner in crime  
Joy rides and sunshine  
No concept of strychnine  
  
Wooded trails, so dark and serene  
Walking kept us fit and lean  
All the mountains to climb  
All the things to see  
Can we get there in time?  
How is your bad knee?  
  
Wolfie girl, I know your time is near  
Don't release me, no not now  
Nuzzle me close, just one more time  
I don't care what they say, love is no crime  
I'm trying not to break that vow  
To keep you from all you fear  
  
But I see you changed, more than I  
It kills me, but you're not afraid  
You coat is different, so is mine  
They both lack, that certain shine  
  
  
Your golden eyes have turned grey  
Too weak now to run and play  
Still somehow you eat the pain   
Up you rise, struggle, strain   
  
Medicine, therapy, routine  
Won't make you like a teen  
Your back claws drag the floor  
Scraping till they're bloody and sore  
But yet, only you I adore  
Each year and forever more  
  
Your tail doesn't move anymore  
And you always sleep and snore  
Your breath is bad  
Age makes me mad  
I'm now only sad  
Your body is failing  
It sends me wailing  
  

 This world is not for me, if you are not in it  
Your love has me bit, with you I want to be  
  
To know that you can't hold on  
Girl, please make it till dawn  
If I blink, you may be gone  
  
Let my spirit go with you now  
Up to mingle with yours  
Let me run with you on all fours

Source: https://sofurry.com/view/1439819