I Cried For You Today

I cried for you today as you struggled to breath
I gently took you as you instantly knowing
I've seen your face before, in many others
You seem to know this is it, it is time
 
I cried for you as I put you in the oxygen tent
Giving you time to relax and absorb pure air
I prepare the xray machine and flow by oxygen
You settle and seem to enjoy the ice packs as a pillow
 
I cried for you today as you gazed at your person
Telling her, willing her to understand
That you had to go, you were done and couldn’t stay
You tried to tell her that you were comfortable enough
 
I cried for you today as she sat with you
Trying to say goodbye, wanting it not to be
She cried for you today. She wasn’t ready
We cried together as the decision was made
 
I cried for you today as I told her I would be there
I would kiss the sweat smoosh face
Stroke the long fur so well cared for
I would be the one, to say the last goodbye
 
I cried for you today because we couldn’t fix you
Your time hear was done and you had to go
You were mine for only the two hours of diagnostics
Yet I cried for you as if you were mine

I cried for you today, yet I will see you again
As I will all the others I cried for
Over the decades I have been a healer
I care, I cry, I love all of them
 
I will cry no more someday, at the end I hope
For the day I stop crying is the day I leave this profession
Now, I allow myself as I never did when younger
And at the Rainbow Bridge, all will greet me: healed.