I STILL DO THE WALK, THAT I ONCE DID WITH YOU.
THEN A SAD DAY CAME, AND WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD TO DO.
EVERY CORNER AND EVERY BEND,
YOU WOULD WALK CLOSE TO ME, MY TALL GRACEFUL FRIEND.
TIMES I REMEMBER., YOU ARE WITH ME ON EACH WALK,
OH HOW I ADMIRED YOU, AS I WATCHED YOU STALK.
WEATHER DIDN'T BOTHER YOU EVEN
WHEN THE WIND BLEW.
WEARING YOUR COAT, TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE WEATHER.,
YOU WALKED SO CLOSE BESIDE ME, I FORGET YOU, NOT EVER.
WE HOPED THESE DAYS TOGETHER., WOULD NEVER END.
MY TALL GRACEFUL FRIEND.
SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT YOU STILL WALK WITH ME.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU EMERGE FROM BEHIND A TREE.
THE SADNESS WE FELT WHEN WE HAD TO LET YOU GO,
AND OH HOW MUCH WE STILL LOVE YOU, WILL YOU EVER KNOW?
AS YOU NOW WALK IN RAINBOW FIELDS ABOVE ME,
WITHOUT ME TO GUIDE YOU, TAKE CARE MY LOVELY.
WE WISH YOU SO MUCH LOVE AND SO THIS WE SEND.
TO OUR TALL GRACEFUL FRIEND.
DEDICATED TO GERRY... OUR TALL GRACEFUL GREYHOUND. 1999-2004 JEAN BARFORD.
