A Dying Dog - moaned for Death ( for Cooper/after Emily Dickinson )

A Dying Dog — moaned for Death    
Despite how hard I begged —  
I pleaded with the Universe    
Until my knuckles bled —    
    
His Loyalty — waned not once —    
Though body — clearly did    
His Spirit — steadfast in its goal    
Returned — from whence it came—    
   
'Twas not my lack of Belief that failed —    
'Twas not His Will to Live —    
But Both — in selfless Love released    
The Other —  from their Grief —    
   
   
In Memory of my Beloved Cooper    
'06 - 12.06.18