Do I do it
Or
Leave it alone?
The question is asked
And
I know
The decision to be made
The answer given
Is
My choice
My choice alone.
Which way
Will I go
Which one will I leave
Leave
All alone?
~ Patrice
@Patrice Clarkson – 2023



I’ve written 2-3 writings, poems for this day.
This day I’ve been dreading since last December.
Ceile, our beloved Rottweiler has been very sick
and we knew this day would come.
She would have ‘Good Days’ eat, chase, her ‘Green Ball’ wag, her tail and cuddle on the sofa. Then there would be ‘Bad Days’ She wouldn’t eat, diarrhoea, puke after drinking too much water from the prednisone she was taking.
We knew, knew our time was limited and short.
Too many ‘Bad Days’ and it’s all over.
Yesterday, we accepted that there was no time left.
None of the writings I wrote for this sad day, say how I feel as much as
this that I wrote many years ago to a friend who had just lost her beloved mastiff.
Please read, think of those who you have lost, hug those still with you
and send your best
to our Ceile for the journey she’s about to begin.
Peace and Love
The bond of Love
We share
Can never be broken
And
The memory
Of
One so loved
And
Loving
Will never be
Forgotten
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2023

Some days are sad
In remembering the past
The heartache and anguish
Seems to last and last.
You know years have passed
You know all have moved on
Yet still some days are hard
The sadness seems to go
On and on.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2018