Surviving Hamster Loss:
The following poem was sent to me when I lost Princess
The Rainbow Bridge
There is a bridge connecting Heaven and Earth. It is called the Rainbow Bridge because
of its many colors.
Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge, there is a land of meadows, hills and valleys with
lush green grass.
When a pet dies, the pet goes to this place. There is always food and water, and warm
spring weather. Those old and frail animals are young again. Those who have been
maimed are made whole again. They play all day with each other.
But, there is one thing missing. They are not with their special person who loved them on
earth. So, each day they run and play until the day comes when one suddenly stops
playing and looks up. The nose twitches, the ears are up, the eyes are staring, and this one
suddenly runs from the group.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend meet, you cling together in
joyous reunion, never to be parted again. Your face is kissed again and again and again;
your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the eyes of your
trusting pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together, never again to be separated.
Some of them here by the Bridge are different. These pets were beaten, starved, tortured,
and unloved. They watch wistfully as their friends leave one by one, to cross the bridge
with their special person. For them there is no one, no special one. Their time on earth
did not give them one.
But one day, as they run and play, they notice someone standing by the road to the bridge.
This person wistfully watches the reunions of friends, for during life, this person had no
pet. This person was beaten, starved, tortured, and unloved.
Standing there alone, one of the unloved pets approaches, curious as to why this one is
alone. And as the unloved pet and the unloved person get nearer to each other, a miracle
occurs, for these are the ones who were meant to be together, the special person and the
beloved pet who never had the chance to meet while on Earth. Finally, now, at the edge
of the Rainbow Bridge, their souls meet, the pain and the sorrow disappears, and two
friends are together.
They cross the Rainbow Bridge together, never again to be separated.
Anonymous
In loving memory of Princess, 5/97-9/98
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