I LOST A TREASURED FRIEND TODAY THE LITTLE DOG WHO USED TO LAY HIS GENTLE HEAD UPON MY KNEE AND SHARED HIS SILENT THOUGHTS WITH ME HE’LL COME NO LONGER TO MY CALL RETRIEVE NO MORE HIS FAVORITE BALL A VOICE FAR GREATER THAN MY OWN HAS CALLED HIM TO HIS FINAL HOME ALTHOUGH MY EYES ARE FILLED WITH TEARS I THANK HIM FOR THE HAPPY YEARS HE CHOSE TO SPEND DOWN HERE WITH ME AND FOR HIS LOVE AND LOYALTY WHEN ITS TIME FOR ME TO GO AND JOIN HIM THERE I TRULY KNOW I WILL NOT FEAR THE DARK JACK WILL BARK