Was it today; yesterday; a week; a month ago?
There are no days; there are no nights
since my furchild died.
I reach to pet my furry friend who is no longer here.
My heart
is broken; my arms are empty;
how many tears I've cried.
I leave the house, into the lane
we always walked together.
The rain is falling. I notice not.
Just more tears on my face.
She used to lead me down the lane.
Her spirit leads me still.
But we go a different way to a very strange and different place.
I stand before a rustic bridge I've
never seen before.
I stop. I know I'm not to cross. But why, I want to know.
And then the rain suddenly
stops. I look up into the clouds.
I look down.
The bridge is gone and in its place is a rainbow.
I look across the Rainbow Bridge and
see a joyful sight;
Thousands of healthy furchildren playing with my beloved pet.
I want to
run and love her, but I'm rooted to the spot.
She looks and wags her tail and I hear her bark,
"Not yet."
And then her bark turns to a voice and I hear her say,
"You cared for me, you played
with me and loved me to the end.
I'm healthy now, don't cry for me. I'll meet you here again.
Others
need your love and care.
I'm sending you a friend."
I rub my eyes and the rainbow is again a rustic bridge.
I send a prayer for that quick glimpse
to the loving God above.
I hear a noise and glance back down. I can't
believe my eyes.
Across the bridge, my darling pet sent a furbaby for me to love.
I pick up
the furry bundle,
hold her close to my dampened cheek.
She nuzzles my neck, kisses my tears.
It's true love at first sight.
Not to replace the one who's gone; another
who needs my love and care.
My eyes are drawn upward to see a Rainbow Bridge in radiating
light.
A Glimpse Of The Rainbow Bridge by Jean L. Mowry-Everett (1995) who herself passed
in in 1999. I do not have her permission to post nor can find a source to ask. She granted many permission
before passing on and it is my feeling that she would continue to do so for all who grieve the loss of their beloved
pets. Please contact me if you know of someone I can connect with to obtain permission!
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