I Love this Poem

I just have to share with you this poem which although is not my own, is just the same very touching and has a comforting air about it.  I discovered it in Dogs Today magazine on the obiturary page and it goes like this.

 

             The Big Dog Angel

High up in the courts of heaven today

A big dog angel waits

With the other angels she will not play

But she sits alone at the gates.

"I know my mistress will come", says she,

"And when she comes she will call for me".

 

She sees the spirits that pass her by

As they hasten towards the throne

and she watches them with a wistful eye

As she sits by the gates alone

"But I know that if I wait patiently

Someday my mistress will come" says she

 

And her mistress far on the earth below

As she sits in her easy chair

Forgets and sometimes whistles low

For the dog who is not there.

And the big dog angel pricks up her ears

And dreams that her mistress voice she hears.

 

And I know when at length her

mistress waits

Outside in the cold and dark

For the hands of death to open the gates

That lead to the courts of gold.

The big dog angel`s eager bark

Will comfort her soul in the dark.