by JENNIFER GANNUSCIO
ROMEO , ROMEO, WHERE FOR ART THOU?! I WILL NEVER WONDER AGAIN. SADLY YOU HAVE BEEN LIFTED UP
BECAUSE I LET YOU DOWN
I DID THE NIGHTLY WHISTLE
EXPECTING MY FURRY FRIEND TO HUSTLE TO THE DOOR
BUT TO NO AVAIL DID YOU COME
ONLY BY CHANCE DID I SEE YOUR STILL BODY LYING IN THE EVIL ROAD
I GUESS I SHOULD THANK GOD I SAW YOU IN THE DARK
WHAT WOUJLD I HAVE DONE IF I SAW MY BUDDY HELPLESS IN THE DAYLIGHT!
I WON’T IMAGINE.
THE PAIN IS HEAVY AS IT IS.
MY WISH AND PRAYER WAS STRONG- FOR IT TO BE JUST WHAT IT WAS-A NIGHTMARE.
BUT ONE I COULD NOT WAKE UP TO BECAUSE IT WAS REAL.
MY HEART CRACKING, AS I TELL DADDY I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU IN THE ROAD. THE DENIAL I HAD DIDN’T KEEP REALITY FROM PENETRATING ME. IT WAS YOU. GOD, WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WERE MINE.
MY FRIEND TILL THE END. MY SERENITY FROM THE STRESS OF THE WORLD. MY SILENT SOUL COMFORT. MY LITTLEST BABY WHO GAVE ABSOULUTE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
DADDY BROUGHT YOU BACK TO THE HOME YOU WILL NEVER PHYSICALLY BE AT AGAIN AND ASKED IF I WANTED TO SAY GOODBYE. I GRUELLY, HEART LOW IN MY BEING PUSHED MY BODY TO SEE YOU LYING ON THE WALKWAY OUTSIDE BY DAD’S SHED. SO AFRAID YET HAD TO TOUCH YOU. DID YOU FEEL ME STROKE YOUR CHEEK. I SADLY KNOW YOU WEREN’T THERE. JUST YOUR BEAUTIFUL SHELL THAT YOU LEFT FOR DADDY TO BURRY. GOD, WHY!!!!!!!!!!
WITH EVERY SWING OF THE PICK TO SOFTEN THE GROUND I HEARD IT AND FELT IT ALL THROUGH MY BODY AND SOUL. I WAS AT THE OTHER END OF THE HOUSE. I COULDN’T BELIEVE I COULD HEAR DAD DIGGING YOUR GRAVE FROM THAT FAR AWAY MUCH LESS FEEL THE GROUND POUND BENEATH ME. I DID, I SWEAR. THE GUILT ROMEO, IS JUSTLY MINE!!!!!!!!! I NEVER SHOULD HAVE LET YOU TASTE T HE WILDNESS OF THE OUTDOORS. WHAT DID IT GET YOU BUT TO THE END A LOT SOONER THAN IT WOULD HAVE IF I KEPT YOU INSIDE. GOD PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR KILLING MY LITTLE FURRY BUDDY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. EVERY SOUND OF THE PICK IN THE GROUND ATE AWAY AT MY HEART.
TANNER AND I PICKED YOU FLOWERS FROM OUR GARDEN. VERY BEAUTIFUL. WHO’D KNOWN I WOULD REALIZE HOW BEAUTIFUL DAD’S FLOWERS WERE THIS WAY, TO PLACE ON YOUR LITTLE GRAVE IN THE BACKYARD. I WISH I COULD BLAME SOMEONE FOR TAKING YOU AWAY FROM ME ROMEO, BUT I CAN’T. I DID IT MYSELF AND GOD AND I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW BAD I FEEL FOR MY IGNORANCE. I HOPE TO BE WITH YOU SOME DAY. YOU HAVE BEEN MY SECRET FRIEND WHEN I FELT NO HUMAN CARED. I WILL MISS YOU SWEET ROMEO. I HOPE THAT MY FAMILY FORGIVES ME TOO. I KNOW HOW MUCH TANNER LOVED YOU ESPECIALLY. HE HELD ME WHEN I SOBBED LAST NIGHT AFTER WE REALIZED YOU WERE TAKEN FROM US. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I WILL BE SEEING YOU WHEN I DIE TO COLLECT THAT LITTLE PIECE OF ME THAT WENT WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIED. I LOVE YOU!!!!! YOUR HUMAN MOMMY. XXOO!!!!!!!
HOPE THAT MY FAMILY FORGIVES ME TOO. I KNOW HOW MUCH TANNER LOVED YOU ESPECIALLY. HE HELD ME WHEN I SOBBED LAST NIGHT AFTER WE REALIZED YOU WERE TAKEN FROM US. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I WILL BE SEEING YOU WHEN I DIE TO COLLECT THAT LITTLE PIECE OF ME THAT WENT WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIED. I LOVE YOU!!!!! YOUR HUMAN MOMMY. XXOO!!!!!!!