My Baby Blue

Tonight I had to say goodbye to you

I cried as I held you, my baby Blue

Nine long years you shared our life

Through happiness and times of strife

I remember when we adopted you

You kissed my hand my baby Blue

We took you with us to share our home

From our lives you didn’t roam

You rarely spoke except to growl

At enemies upon the prowl

Yet you’d befriend the smallest kind

Rabbits, squirrels you didn’t mind

You shared your food with the birds that came

And shared your water just the same

You’d walk with me on summer days

And smiled at me for the slightest praise

You hated water that’s a fact

To a hose or a tub you would over react

But to a brush you would sit so still

A scratch on the belly gave you such a thrill

But old man the time had come

The tears have flowed until I’m numb

I said goodbye to our friendship true

I’ll miss you always, my baby Blue.