by Pamela Hardimon
There's an empty little corner,
my friend -- that's where you used o lay. Where you'd
fall asleep every night and
awaken every day.
A difference so subtle to other
people, but to me, not subtle
at all. For now, instead of you
in that corner, I see an
empty wall.
There's an empty feeling in the
yard out back, dear Wolfie,
where you used to play. Where you
romped and jumped with your
brother out in the sunny day.
The lonely house you'll never use
again, the green bowl I'll
never again fill. The green leash
in the closet that now hangs
forever still.
But the emptiness in my heart,
Wolfie B, is far greater than
any of these. For without your
cold nose and beaming eyse, I
fear I'll never find peace.
Still the tragedy of this life
does not last forever,
Because I believe in my heart that
you and I will be once again
together.
In the light I will find you,
the friend I'd never ever
trade, and the emptiness
will be filled once again
at Heaven's gates.
--In Memory of Wolfsbane--