Sleep My Baby

I held you in my lap, your precious purr felt rumbling,
And dreamed of early years, when you played so hard, running, purring, and tumbling.
I ran my fingers through your fur, and softly felt you leaving,
And counted all the memories we shared and cursed the time cut short by grieving.
I gazed into your beautiful eyes and saw the love you gave freely and gently you went to sleep,
And remembered times I gazed upon you as you slept and how much I loved to watch you leap.
I held you close upon my lap, the pain and hurt now banished and felt your soul run free,
And thought of all the joy you have brought and how precious you are to me.
And as my precious fur face forever closed his eyes, I kissed him softly on his whiskers and thought how fragile he seemed.
I remember as a baby how he slept on mommies knees and how he twitched when he was dreaming.
He loved to lay in my lap and talked to me with tilted head, and eyes a piercing yellow full of life and glee.
And now my baby Shasta sleeps forever, rest my love my linky lank for you will now run free.
Free from pain, from sickness that came quickly and took the glee, replacing it with dark,
Wait for me at Rainbow Bridge, I will see you again and for now will keep you and the love you gave so freely forever in my heart.
Dedicated to my precious Shasta Basty, Linky Lanky