Just Sleeping

She lies there on the couch all curled in a ball,

So thin and fragile now with age, her battles now been lost,

Her coat so white and eyes so pleading,

Please help me end this pain.

I've had it now so long, don't want another day,

My body hurts all over and my bones are aching too,

I have these growths in my throat, water I can't swallow,

So now I know the time has come that we must say good-bye,

Please understand my body's gone,

I'll still live in your heart forever true.

So now it's time for me to leave and go to be with Sammy,

And we will wait at heavens gate,

To be with you again and yes I know you loved me so,

And you were my best friend.

©© ©Helen Hummel

This was written on the day that our beloved cat Missy went to Rainbow Bridge it is now four months, I just at this point read it. But my heart is broken for this loss of my baby for that is what she was to me, always with me, with tear filled eyes I can say from my heart I will always feel her unconditional love, my husband Wolf took her to the vet for the last time as I knew I could not let go, but he held her little body so she did not die alone, his heart aches for her loss as much as mine. She was 24 years old and now our bed seems empty, as she always slept in my arms every night, but now those arms are empty.