Rest In Peace My Good Brown Boy

Sam Adams

April 1997 - June 2008

 

My friend is loyal and eager to please

I'd sit in my chair, his head on my knees

I'd stroke his back and pat him on the side

The things he would do filled my heart with pride

He watched my house and my family too

He was always there to look over you

Never my house did I have to lock

A bark and a growl at the very first knock

 

Unconditional love is what he gave to me

From the look in his eye it was all you could see

Sometimes I'd yell "be quiet, lay down"

He'd lay in the corner and not make a sound

As he grew old and couldn't get around

I forgot how he'd greet me with a leap and a bound

 

Soon came the time he could no longer stand on his own

I picked him up and carried him to see God's home

On the way there I remembered all the good years

I looked at my friend through all of my tears

 

I told him I loved him

Soon the pain would be gone

I did the hardest thing

I ever have done

 

I went the last mile

I was there to the end

I know now why they called him

"Man's Best Friend"

 

Author - Timothy P Vreeland

 

 

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