Sami,
My Best Friend
My best friend,
My best friend has a red collar
and a black coat.
She has four paws that let her
run.
And two kidneys that fail her.
The stories we share are numerous
Like the day after she first came
home
I took her to the back yard to
play fetch
She bit my ankle
She didn’t quite have the concept
down
I don’t know how well dogs
remember
But I hope that she remembers the
Great, amazing, tiring times
we’ve had
Sami, my dog, my closest friend,
Remember, how, when I was almost
4 feet tall
You would let me ride on your
back like a horse
You never, ever let anyone do
that but me.
Remember the time I came home
from school
With ripped jeans and skinned
knees
You stayed by my side the entire
day
I will always remember how you
bark and cry
Whenever someone leaves you
I will always remember how you
make people pet you
You just come up next to them
And you nudge their hand until
they give in
And they pet your head, and give
you belly rubs
Sami is a smart dog, she is
She will lie on your feet so you
can’t leave her
She will bark at the bees so they
fly away
The dog with two failing kidneys
and four able paws
My best friend Sami will be
always remembered
The dog with the black coat and
the red collar
Still has time to make more memories
Still has time to be sprayed by
more skunks
She still has time to eat plenty
of pears
She still has time to be my best
friend
Author's note: This whole poem and more by me are on wattpad.com just look up Teddy Bears, Our Protectors. The picture is of Sami.

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