The last battle (saw this and thought it was worth posting)

[vickylolage]

That hit a nerve.
I lost my beardie Squiggle just before Christmas and reading that just made me sob my eyes out.

[amberleigh_50]

that is a beautiful poem, thanks for that
amber

[PunkAsF82]

wow im welling up

i've had to do this to so many pets... enver thought of it this way before.
I mean, i have, but not from the animals viewpopint... y'know?

it's beautiful

[Ssthisto]

This one is one of my favourites:

"We who choose to surround ourselves
with lives even more temporary than our own,
live within a fragile circle,
easily and often breached.

Unable to accept its awful gaps,
we still would live no other way.
We cherish memory as the only certain immortality,
never fully understanding the necessary plan."

- Irving Townsend

No matter how much I know it will hurt when I lose the nonhuman members of my family, I would never choose NOT to share my life with them.

That, and:

"Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die."

[miss_rawr]

Originally Posted by Sam'n'Droo

Jeez, that just hit a nerve. We had to do this today. I am crying lke an idiot now. Soft sod I am.

Sam

made me cry too

[mariekni]

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

"Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die."

beautiful poem

[Carlie]

I can't read that without bawling.

Every single time I read this part of the forum... I'll never learn.

[sazzjaydee]

OMG all of those poems really hit the spot. Still think about my cat (sweep) that died last year and still cry sometimes abut it. Worse thing that got to me was my mam went out and bought two new kittens and replaced her it made me feel like she didn't care.

[sarahjames]

Wow that was 1 emotional poem, i had tears in my eyes all the way thru! such a hard thing to do and it never gets easier but things like that make sense X

[:D_Matt]

thats beautiful...