• Upon this day I reminisce
    With sadness and regret
    The loss of my beloved
    Special "child" who was my pet.

    It's been a year of longing
    Wishing you'd return to me ...
    For though you left one year ago,
    I cannot "set you free".

    Though time has made it easier,
    To go from day to day ...
    No one can understand the
    "Special" role your life did play.

    For every day you were a part,
    Of love and joy and life ...
    You had a way that focussed me
    And lessened daily strife.

    I'd hurry home to see your face,
    Behind that window panel
    Where wiggles, hugs and cuddles
    Brightened up the worst of days.

    And now I sit, with eyes tear filled,
    You are not by my side;
    And when I see the window,
    It is bare and bleak inside.

    Emotions, they are raw today,
    I'm simply torn apart ...
    For hollow, wrenching feelings
    Tear apart this very heart.

    An emptiness, that's deeper than
    The oceans ... fill my soul;
    A painful hunger bites my
    Inner self beyond control.

    For though time healed the daily wounds
    I wore upon my sleeve,
    I shelter from the world outside
    Just what you meant to me.

    No children was I blessed to have,
    My womb was barren ... yet,
    You filled the void my darling one,
    My sweet and lovely pet.

    To me, you were more human
    Than some others I have known ...
    You gave such love and tenderness;
    T'was deep within your soul.

    Now spring is here, and little things
    We loved now cause me harm ...
    The walks we'd take around the yard
    No longer hold their charm.

    We're packing just to get away,
    And leave this home we've lived ...
    For without you to share this with,
    I get no joy from it.

    I see you as I turn each step,
    I watch for you each day ...
    Oh little one, I miss you so,
    ... Much more than words can say.