Bye Bye Bella

Baby Bella.

Small and fierce.

Attack the big dog.

Bit slims lip til it was pierced.

Full of energy.

Fly around the rock yard

Tracing the concrete smooth burm.

Soft pads could not take the hard

You were a momma to four

Only three survived

I could tell you were sad and mourned

We parted with the morkies teary eyed

You were still rough

And a fighter

Alpha dog tough

And a biter

But then one day

I don’t know when

You curled in my lap to lay

I looked at you and saw my friend.

When I was left alone

You filled the space by my side

The bite you bit was now atoned

My heart cracked open wide

For ten years we cuddled

We slept in somber sleep

Your snores were muddled

While I held you to my cheek

Even to the last day

I enveloped you in arms

Wrapped you like a baby

Cooed and sneezed with charm

Now my arm is cold and empty

No fluff to rub my fingers on

No dark eyes blinking love back plenty

I miss my baby Bella now that she’s gone.