Tater Comes Home by Wyldflower

You were a little peanut, so tiny and so small
As big as a potato, which is how you got your name
Besides the fact you loved potatoes, you didn't care what kind
Mashed, scalloped,fried or a potato chip, you ate whatever we had
You loved to climb in boxes, it didn't matter what size
Your eyes would spin, your tail would flip
As a new box came into the house, you claimed it was yours
It was yours now, once it was opened and emptied
Well today a week after my heart was broken
I went to the office to say
I'm here to pick up My Tater
And the vet came out to see me
In here hands she held a small box
One you would never have fit in
Though if alive I have no doubt you would try
This is your final destination, a box like no other before
You would no longer play or jump in and out
You would Rest In Peace there from now on
I keep it set here besides me, its' never too far you see
Because you always laid here beside me
And on top of my hip you would sleep
Seeing that box beside me,knowing that's where you will be
It doesn't seem right ,and it doesn't seem fair
You were still in your prime, when you had to go
The tears have slowed down, If I don't think of you
But its hard not to think of your friend
To think of my small furry Tater
Those Memories NEVER will end
So the box sits beside me in Memory
Of that Kitty that 5 yrs ago
Looked into my face as if you were saying
"Can't I go home with you now?"
A few days ago you came home for the last time
I handled the box like a jewel
I got it home and on the bed that you loved
And I opened it only to weep for my friend
That would love me and purr me to sleep
Sleep well my sweet little Tater
We'll meet once again in due time
That's why God built Rainbow Bridge
So I will know where to find you
And we can meet there when it is time

wwyfe (202.70.147.54) -- Friday, June 24 2011, 07:57 pm

its sad
I can feel your sadness.
good one.

Wyldflower (67.241.246.129) -- Saturday, June 25 2011, 04:58 am

ty
I held her in my arms as she passed....it was sudden and I didn't have any idea she was so sick til I took her to the vet...and she told me she only had a few weeks left..... I found a pack of those little electric tea lignts that are battery operated.....one will sit on her box next to me for a while all night.....

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