I LOVED YOU BEST.

                                           So this is where we part, my Friend,and                                        you’ll run on, around the bend.
 Gone from sight, but not from mind,
new pleasures there you’ll surely find.

                                                                      I will go on, I’ll find the strength,
                                                    life measures quality, not length.
                                                 One long embrace before you leave, 
                                                   share one last look, before I grieve.

There are others, that much is true,
but they be they, and they aren’t you.
And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,
Will remember well all you’ve taught.

Your place I’ll hold, you will be missed,
the fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.
And as you journey to your final rest,
take this with you…I loved you best.

--Jim Willis