
I cannot speak
pain blocks up every breath
and sorrow fills my bones and makes them lead
I cannot speak
all words are drowned in tears
so I must write them down for you instead
I, who stood between you and the world
who loved you from your puphood to old age
who cared for you as all your years unfurled
I could not stop the cancer as it raged
and so I held you tight just one more time
when all my desperate prayers had come to naught
I closed your eyes and let you slip away
to find the peace and freedom that you sought
Don't ask me how I feel, my kindly friends
my heart is full of tears, my voice is weak
know this - my Folly's gone - and I am lost
pain blocks up every breath .....
I cannot speak.
Run free with Merlin, Zulu and Amber ... and wait for us
from mum and dad