by Borek Grotevant

Created on: May 30, 2011

Maya

just ten years old 

perfect markings

blue merle shetland sheepdog

eyes that sparkled 

and looked right through you

one day so full of life

the next ...

gone

over Easter weekend

coughing

wheezing

we took her to the vet

x-rays showed lung cancer

she wouldn't last long

the night after Good Friday

she couldn't sleep

she paced the hallway

too weak to climb the stairs

(she used to bound up those stairs!)

when her legs gave out

we laid her on a small fleece mattress

her favorite bed

and we watched

watched while unable to do anything

watched her take her last breaths

we told her we loved her

we held her in our arms

listless

lifeless

her spirit somewhere else now

exactly where we'll never know

we held hands in a circle around her

said a prayer

and in that brief moment

let her

go 

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