The animal is not ready to die <br />I need an “it is ok to let me go” <br />From him before we kill him <br />I have seen the damage to a friend <br />Of being handed bullet and gun ala country <br />Death being reduced to the mechanical <br />I have learned with time a better way <br />There is the vet who has helped the dog to stay <br />A small prick and eternal freedom from all pain <br />Then the drug that stops the heart and breaks mine <br />It will be the thing to do <br />When Sandy tells us that his time is due<br /><br />Bill Grace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-sandy-s-time/
