An Elegy For Bruno

Dogs may come and dogs may go,
But you are one in a million,
With your eyes shining so bright,
Your tail wagging so fast,
You brightened many a person's day with happy energy,
Bruno, you occupied in all our hearts the warmest and softest of spots,
And when you were made to leave,
We realised that that spot belongs to you; it is your territory,
There were difficult times in our lives when all of us were put into place,
And there you were to lick our worries off and to put a smile on our face,
With your furry warm and soft body you always came,
Demanding! A rub; it was the only thing you ever demanded (apart from food),
All of us happy to oblige would fight over you,
But, somewhere down the lane of your life,
It was no more your life,
You had become our life as well,
You had become a human in the form of dog,
You were one of us cousins; the sixth in line if I am not mistaken,
Dogs may come and dogs may go,
But you will remain unique,
You came into our lives as a pet and left like a brother and son,
God knows the saddness we suffer on your loss,
Please be there and watching over us,
And help us cope with your absence.





Written: 05/09/2009