Snow hasn't been very well lately, & I have a hunch that her age is catching up on her, only time will tell.
But in the mean time, it's brought the parting very near,
and with it the question of weather we should make the move to put her at rest,
She is a least 14yo maybe older, we were sold her as a 6 month old pup,
but experience with Maremma's has told us that she was at least 2yo when we got her,
She is a dog that I have been very close to, & she has been by my side through a lot of hard & painful experience's.
Hence the poem that I put together just now,
Facing The Parting
As I stood by your side, at the crack of dawn,
And watched while it
swiftly brightened to morn.
I pondered the
question, of what I should do?
Of would be the
best for you?
Should I hasten
the blow? That I know has to fall!
The one that someday will fall on us all!
Snow, your gaze
chills me with very fear,
As you try to
tell me, what I don't want to hear.
12 years of my 20 you've
12 years you've
Through every
test that we've faced
And every hill and
gully, where we've paced.
There is a bend
ahead in the road,
That we must walk
together.
No matter how heavy be the load,
For it's a bend that'll part us forever.
To me, you
have always been true,
And now it is my
turn to stand by you,
Snow,
How can I? How
can I?
Take the step
that I fear to take
Yet what I feel
is best for you?
Dedicated to Snow, My sweet maremma dog
