I wanted to share this poem in memory of my dog, Casper. He has been gone since January 9, 2017, and I still think of him every single day.
I come home from school, off the bus I step,
backpack thrown over one shoulder, exhausted.
My eyes brighten, though, as I see your tail-wagging, wagging, thumping to the beat of the music playing through my headphones.
I pet your soft head as we walk inside together-a cheese sandwich for me, and a hot dog for you.
You help me with my homework-neither one of us are good at math, English and social studies are more our thing.
We go through this same routine every single day, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Years go by, and I’m now in college,
carried away with my own life and the hardships it brings,
welcome to adulthood.
You were always there to make it all better.
I can still remember the day that you disappeared.
You’ve been known to wonder off before on your excursions,
a couple hours, maybe even a few days-but never more.
I don’t understand why you had to leave me, C, the days are so lonely without you.
It kills me that I don’t know what happened, but I can only hope that you’re happy, and....
you think of me as much as I think of you.