POEMS
 Dogs, Cats, Birds, Horses, & ALL Pets
 F.A.S.T. Co.
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ON THIS PAGE:
BIRD PRINTS
PASSING OF A FRIEND
ROSEBUD
FELINE SPIRIT
THE POWER OF THE DOG 
A PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
MY LIFETIME WISH
PUPPY WITH A WAGGING TAIL
PASTURES
PASSING OF A FRIEND

BIRD PRINTS
Dear God, I have a special prayer
I’m sending up to you
Because you are the only one
that I can give it too
A part of me is with you now
but I just want to say
The print’s they left upon my heart
will never go away
So God please give this message too
my precious little bird
For you can speak their language and
I’ll know that it’s been heard
“I won’t forget how delicate
your body seemed to be
How beautiful your color was
is in my memory
I’ll miss the little funny thing’s
you use to do some days
But most of all I’ll miss the Love
we shared in many ways
Yet there’s one thing I’m certain of
we’ll never be apart
Your “Bird Prints” are forever there
embedded in my heart”
© By:  Freda H. Babinski    4-17-01

PASSING OF A FRIEND
Sunlight streams through window pane,
unto a spot on the floor...
Then I remember,
it's where you used to lie,
but now you are no more...
Our feet walk down a hall of carpet,
and muted echoes sound...
Then I remember,
it's where your paws
would joyously abound...
A bark is heard along the road
and up beyond the hill,
Then I remember,
it can't be yours....
your golden voice is still...
But I'll take that vacant spot of floor,
and empty muted hall,
lay them with the absent bark,
and unused dish, along the wall...
I'll wrpa these treasured memories
in a blanket of my love,
and keep them for my loving friend,
until we meet above.

Author Unknown

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ROSEBUD 
When God calls little puppies to dwell with Him above,
We humans always question the wisdom of His love. 
For no heartache can compare with the loss 
of one small 'child', 
Who does so much to make this world seem
wonderful and mild.
Perhaps God tires - always calling the aged to His fold, 
And so He picks a Rosebud before it can grow old.
God knows how much we need them 
and so He picks but few;
To make the land of heaven more beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult,
yet somehow we must try,
For the saddest word that mankind knows 
will always be "good-bye". 
And so when little pups depart; 
We, who are left behind, must realize how much God loves puppies.... For angels are hard to find. 
~ Author Unknown
FELINE SPIRIT
And God asked the feline spirit
Are you ready to come home?
Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul
And, as a cat, I am most able
To decide anything for myself
Are you coming then? asked God.
Soon, replied the whiskered angel
But I must come slowly.
For my human friends are troubled.
For you see, they need me, quite certainly.
But don't they understand? asked God
That you'll never leave them?
That you souls are intertwined for all eternity?
That nothing is created or destroyed?
It just is...forever and ever and ever.
Eventually they will understand,
Replied the glorious cat.
For I will whisper into their hearts
That I am always with them
I just am...forever and ever and ever.
Author Unknown 
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A PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
(SCHWEITZER)
Hear our humble prayer, O God,
For our friends, the animals.
Especially for those who are suffering
for any that are lost or deserted
or frightened or hungry.
We entreat for them all.
They mercy and pity,
And for those who deal with them,
We ask for heart and compassion
and gentle hands and kindly words.
Make us, ourselves,
to be true friends to animals
and to share the blessings of the merciful.
                               (Albert Schweitzer)
MY LIFETIME WISH
(dog cat, birds, & other pets)
If I could have a lifetime wish,
A dream that would come true.
I'd pray to God with all my heart,
For yesterday and you.
A thousand words can't bring you back,
I know because I've tried.
And Neither will a million tears,
I know because I've cried.
You left behind my broken heart
and happy memories too.
But I never wanted memories
I only wanted you.
                                        (unknown)

 PUPPY WITH A WAGGING TAIL
You cannot buy loyalty, they say,
I bought it though the other day.
You cannot buy friendship tried and true,
Well, just the same, I bought that too.
I made my bid and on the spot,
Bought love, faith and a whole job lot,
of happiness, so considering all
the purchase price was pretty small.
I bought a simple, trusting heart,
That gives devotion from the start.
If you think these things are not for sale,
Buy a brown eyed puppy with a wagging tail.
unknown author
PASTURES
(horses)
Give her pasture, tall and green,
With lots of clover, oh so thick
Give her lots of carrots,
and blocks of salt to lick.
Make sure someone rubs her belly,
And scratches behind each ear,
And tell them about that itchy spot
Right on her left hind rear.
May her tail fly free and high
As she runs across the ridge,
Till she races across to greet me,
At the end of the Rainbow Bridge.
~author unknown~ 
THE POWER OF THE DOG 
There is sorrow enough in the natural way 
From men and women to fill our day; 
And when we are certain of sorrow in store, 
Why do we always arrange for more? 
Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware 
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Buy a pup and your money will buy 
Love unflinching that cannot lie-- 
Perfect passsion and worship fed 
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head. 
Nevertheless it is hardly fair 
To risk your heart to a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which Nature permits 
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits, 
And the vet's unspoken prescription runs 
To lethal chambers or loaded guns, 
Then you will find--it's your own affair-- 
But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear. 
To lethal chambers or loaded guns, 
Then you will find--it's your own affair-- 
But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear. 
When the body that lived at your single will, 
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!) 
When the spirit that answered your every mood 
Is gone--wherever it goes--for good, 
You will discover how much you care, 
And will give your heart to a dog to tear. 

Rudyard Kipling
PASSING OF A FRIEND
Sunlight streams through window pane,
unto a spot on the floor...
Then I remember,
it's where you used to lie,
but now you are no more...
Our feet walk down a hall of carpet,
and muted echoes sound...
Then I remember,
it's where your paws
would joyously abound...
A bark is heard along the road
and up beyond the hill,
Then I remember,
it can't be yours....
your golden voice is still...
But I'll take that vacant spot of floor,
and empty muted hall,
lay them with the absent bark,
and unused dish, along the wall...
I'll always treasure these memories
in a blanket of my love,
and keep them for my loving friend,
until we meet above.

Author unknown

 
Golden Memories
They say memories are golden
well, maybe that is true
I never wanted memories
I only wanted you
A million times I cried
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died
In life I loved you dearly
in death I love you still
In my heart you hold a place
no one else could fill
If tears could build a stairway 
and heartache make a lane
I'd walk the path to Heaven 
and bring you back again
Our family chain is broken
and nothing seems the same
But as God calls us back one by one
the chain will link again
~author unknown
A BIG HEART
     One day up in heaven,
     While God was looking down,
     He saw people alone and sad,
     And He gave a little frown.
     He wanted to think of something,
     To make those people smile,
     Then the answer came to Him,
     After He'd thought awhile.
     He'd give them a companion,
     One whose love was true,
     Faithful they would be,
     No matter what the people do.
     Four legs they would have,
     And they would never fail,
     To greet these people every time,
     With a happy wagging tail.
     He'd give them a big heart,
     To hold all the love inside,
     That love would last forever,
     Even after they had died.
     For across that Rainbow Bridge,
     Would be a special place,
     Where they would wait and watch,
     To see their master's face.
     He thought of what to call it,
     And then the answer came.
     If you spell "God" backwards,
     You'll have this animal's name.

          -- Anita Burney 

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