Ruby Tuesdays

It’s another Ruby Tuesday, and my eyes are ruby red;

On each one they shed their teardrops, as I wake and leave my bed!

For it’s the last day I would touch you, and kiss your little face;

Before I sent you off to Heaven, with one last sad embrace!

We found you Monday evening, laying lifeless on the floor;

I let out “screams inhuman”, as my heart from my chest tore!

We wrapped you in a blanket, and layed you down to sleep;

With wracking sobs of sorrow, we prayed The Lord your soul to keep!

I stayed by you till the morning, and played mantras as you slept;

Your little body was all wettened, by the tears I nonstop wept!

All too soon the nighttime ended, as the sun rose in the sky;

It was the hour I had most dreaded, the one to say goodbye!

I carried you in your beddy, and set you on the front seat of the van;

I wailed for ten more minutes, as part my soul’s demise began!

I kissed you for the last time, then I stumbled back inside;

Too devastated was I to take you, so Mommy gave you your last ride!

She brought you to your Veterinarian, where you’d been the morn before;

We hoped you’d soon get better, but by night, you were no more!

We keep your ashes on a sacred shrine, with all the objects that were you;

Oh these Ruby Tuesday mornings, red eyes, heart and soul so blue!