You're not just my dog you're my family
When I look into your eyes I know things are going to be all right
We've taken care of each other and we've thrived
When you hurt your back legs I healed you
Through patience and pain I kept you going
You're my daughter and every sense of the word
And when I'm away from you when I'm in that world full of noise
I can't wait to come home to hold you in my arms
And feel that unconditional warmth that lick on my face
Humans can't give me that there's always conditions
But with you Athena my darling my four legged love
All you want is to be loved right back
I can drop my guard when that door closes and I look at you
This really isn't a poem it's just a letter to you even though I know you'll never read it
When the day comes I know it it will when I hold you for the last time
I know the tears will flow unconditionally
Because that's how we loved each other
I only wish humans had what we did
But we don't humans are not wired that way
It's why you're special my dog daughter
I love you
