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FOR MARGIE
PASSED – 2024
Perhaps the only silver lining we have,
Is that at least we knew it was coming.
At least we had a chance to say goodbye
To scratch your ears and listen to your chest humming.
A small consolation, we know,
To a loss so devastating and unfair,
But the fact that we told you we loved you once more –
We will admit we find some comfort there.
We find some comfort in thinking you understood us
When we looked in your eyes that last time.
We find comfort in thinking that you found comfort too
In the moments before you crossed over the line.
We never knew, we will admit,
How much you understood of what we said,
How much all our words of love and affection
Crept through your fur to your head.
We have to believe you knew enough to know
How truly and deeply we loved you,
How badly we will miss you now that you are gone,
And how hard it was for us to let you go, too.
