Good boy

The street lights fly by, the engine hums
There’s you and I and him
You and I in the car and he in our hearts

Every moment brings us closer to you
A moment shared to comfort
And then the end, the guilt, the sorrow

We arrive with mixed hearts.
We want to see him, a last whispered word
And then we end it and what then?

The clinic is cold and reeks of death
Lonely howls and painful cries
I wonder if one is you my puppy

We wait, questions, painful thoughts
Others are their just as sad, we sit
Finally the call, we go relived and terrified

So week so broken, and still so glad to see us
You shake so close to death, such dim light
God, how did I let this happen my love

I give the word we talk of killing you
You sit ignorant of my horrible plan
But baby after this the pain will stop

A silent prayer, questions of eternity
Let this creature more loving and pure than I
Go to heaven instead of just die

She sobs, she hurts so badly,
I sit nearly numb, trying not to think
Not too numb to feel a bit of the pain

So sweet you always loved me
You never judged and though all you did
You expected so little

I remember all those times, sweet pink tongue
Nose nuzzling in, just wanting my love
And the way you slept on your back

We walk out to the grass, uncaring hands on you
We pet we cry, the needle goes in
We try so hard to be strong

Then you are gone, head falls
This body is no longer yours it now repulsive
We leave you to more cold hands

You were always such a good boy.