An Oscar Beyond Price

Sometimes on Life's mysterious journey

You have an amazing, serendipitous encounter,

If you are fortunate!

So it was.

Could you ever have believed

That one small, brown, furry bundle

Would bring such joy!

Maybe, on reflection, there were trying occasions,

But then, in the eyes of the besotted,

These swiftly fade into the past.

What times you all shared.

How many dogs were so well travelled?

But it was a reciprocal relationship;

Happiness, trust, devotion

Flowed freely between the trinity.

But when premature separation happens,

The solace of grief, fortunately, lies

In the plethora of events stored,

Not only in the physical trove of images,

But also, deep within in the indelible psyche.

As Time inevitably slips by,

Hold dear the memories of the happy hours

Spent with your unique, gilded award -

Oscar!