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ODE TO GRIEVING DOG OWNERS





FOOTPRINTS IN OUR HEARTS


I feel your saddened, grieving heart

I hear your quivering familiar voice

I see your crying, reddened eyes

as I now sniff around the other side.

I know You feel my saddened heart

I know You hear my quivering moans

I know You see my moistened eyes

I know You smell my doggie guise!

Knowing we have had a great run

Enjoying the Earth, Moon and Sun

Those pleasures remain in our hearts

The walks, the talks and alerting barks

Now our respective footprinted “paws”

Will always give our hearts applause.

Yes, I will always be resting in peace

On these clouds that feel like fleece

Yes, You gave me a most wonderful life

Filled with love and laughter and light.

Yes, being your pet has been my grace

as I now rest in this — my heavenly space.

I am happily at peace and feeling just fine

Knowing this poem is both yours and mine.



Antoinetta DeWit 

May 2025



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