I lost my little girl today.
I held her in my arms and felt
her slipping away.
As the end came sneaking in
I gave her up to medicine.
And, in my selfish way,
I prayed for even one more day.
Hurry, fill the forms in and
hurry up to wait.
Knowing in the heart of me
that already I'm too late.
Then they come and take her
from my loving arms.
To poke, to **** and draw blood.
And again I wait as
they try to resuscitate.
My prayer was not heard today.
My little girl died
when her heart gave way.
Just a dog, so many say.
Yet in my eyes
my child died today.
Now there's an empty
space inside that no
thing can fill. . .
except the warm memories
of my loving little girl.
Apr 27, 2012
Apr 27, 2012 at 8:12 AM UTC
I lost my little girl today.
I held her in my arms and felt
her slipping away.
As the end came sneaking in
I gave her up to medicine.
And, in my selfish way,
I prayed for even one more day.
Hurry, fill the forms in and
hurry up to wait.
Knowing in the heart of me
that already I'm too late.
Then they come and take her
from my loving arms.
To poke, to **** and draw blood.
And again I wait as
they try to resuscitate.
My prayer was not heard today.
My little girl died
when her heart gave way.
Just a dog, so many say.
Yet in my eyes
my child died today.
Now there's an empty
space inside that no
thing can fill. . .
except the warm memories
of my loving little girl.
5/01/2026: I wrote this when my Cleo died on June 03, 2001. My other kids listed were in different circumstances, of course. But the deep, abiding love remains the same.
I have not stopped loving animals, and will always have some in my life, I pray. I currently have another rescue, Chauncy, a very hard boy to love, and Cloud (a cat - feral like KitKat who adopted me)
