The Presence of Precious Poppy

Poppy and POPPY

Now I’m traveling along

comfortably

and delighted most certain

to now be pain free.

And I am grateful for all

the ways I learned

the guidance and gifts

and some grace that I earned

but now what I see

and know in my heart

my little hound Poppy, was my shining star.

She popped up each morning

and settled each night

her heart was the shining

that kept my world bright

and now as I hear she has ‘entered’ from Spirit

her dear face looking up, and her tail always wagging

and her golden glow

is oh, so,

luminous.

I treasure my time with my little friend

who took on my pain

to carry it away

and now I feel free

and see

there’s more to this world

than one step, then two

of a shuffling whirl.

She came with a bounce

and so much life

and she left after twelve years

one sunny bright morn

and I must go on, and be not forlorn.

Our animal companions

share all we are

and serve with their love

until they return above

but now she comes occasionally

and I am heartened indeed

to ‘see and be seen’.

(Written May 22, 2014 with The Precious Spirit of Poppy)