My Roxxie

This is my Roxxie

From the day that I had her when I was nine, I’d never know how much she’d mean to me

A pain in the rear end you can be, but I’d still rather have you by my side than nobody

I’ve watched you grow from two months young to a fourteen-year-old veteran like a tree

All I could think was where did all of that time go to flee

From running to jump and wake me up for school every morning repeatedly like a spree

And running from me because you took my sock as you were filled with energy to prix

To the point where your arthritis made it hard for you to bend your knee

And from that point on, you barely had a chance to move your tootsie

You weren’t the big brain on campus, but you were stronger than anyone knew you could be

Both mentally and physically, you were meant for me like a cup of tea

When it was just you and me, you quickly became my trustee

Living in this big old house is fine as long as you’re here, that’s something we can agree

But like any amount of hope I have, it can be swept away like the sea

Mother knew your time was coming soon, that was a guarantee

I was so oblivious to your health that I thought all your vitals were in order like the a.b.c

The more she kept bringing it to my attention, now I was finally starting to see

She would always say that its time to let her go but she couldn’t display like a caller ID

So the longer she would put it off, the more time you had to spend with thee

You couldn’t speak English but I could understand you like you were Bumblebee

I thought that was true until you fell and couldn’t get up when I wasn’t there to oversee

When you cried out, only my Mother could pick up on your phonology

I wouldn’t have left you if I knew in some way that I could foresee

Of all the times Mother said she would do something, this time she was serious and I couldn’t plea

She called all the shots like a referee

I expected to see you underneath me at all times like a goatee

Now I’m watching you being dragged away by Patterson to soon become a resignee

When the needle was inserted and your tail slowly stopped wagging, I wanted to disagree

This can’t be happening but the reality was raining over and hitting me like a piece of debris

The return through the front door and I realized you were gone, I felt like a detainee

The one time in my miserable life I wanted to treat you like you mattered, you instantly became an abductee

I’ve had you by my side for the last six years, this is the first time I’ve ever felt alone to the lowest degree

I dreamt about your final day but you put your arm over me like an honoree

When I knew you were hurting and I bellowed like a banshee

Because I realize I have to continue living without you apart of me like an amputee

As I continue to be shattered like the opposite of a potpourri

And everyone try to talk and discuss my problem of missing you like a conferee

You were good for the body without realizing it like tai chi

No other dog will mean more to me to even be considered a nominee

I want to thank Johnnie for bringing you in to be a part of our family

Fourteen years have gone by and you became more than just an adoptee

All I have left to remember you by was the leach that the hospital gave to the returnee

And this picture I put in frame that fits to a T

When I arrive at the gate, I better see you running for an embrace in a nestle

No one could ever get my love like that for free

Thank you for being more than just a dog, you were my baby

I love you, Roxxie