A comforting poem

fluffymunchkins · 02-15-2010, 02:28 AM

i thought i'd add this poem i found on another forum! Someone had just lost the last baby of their litter. Its so beautiful and really a nice poem for all those who grieve a lost ham.
No matter what your faith i'm sure you will love it.

Lend Me A Hamster

I will lend a hamster to you - for awhile, God said.
For you to love him while he lives, and mourn him when he's dead.
Maybe for twelve or thirty months -
Or maybe two or three.
But will you, 'til I call him back, take care of him for me?

He'll bring his charms to gladden you; and should his stay be brief,
You'll always have his memories, as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth, return.
But there are lessons taught below, I want this hamster to learn.

I've looked the whole world over, in search of teachers true.
And from the folk that crowd life's land, I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labour vain,
Nor hate me when I come to you, to take my hamster again?

Then it was that I said: 'Dear Lord, thy will be done.'
For all the joys this hamster will bring, the risk of grief I'll run.
I'll shelter him with tenderness, I'll love him while I may.
And for the happiness I've known, forever grateful stay.

But should you think to call him back, much sooner than we'd planned,
I'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.
When this faithful soul departs this busy world of strife,
We'll have yet another hamster, and love him all his life

*sniffle* really tugs at your heart strings!

fluffymunchkins · 02-15-2010, 02:33 AM

I suppose i post this for Dot my dearly departed roborvski who i lost mid december.
She was Peggys sister and cage mate, who was greatly missed not only by me but by Peggy!
She was such a fighter and survived through many things. But she had a fit a few days before she left us and i think God thought it was her time to go to hammy heaven.
I'm sure shes up there right now watching over Peggy and welcoming the new ham Porridge.
I will never forget the day i went past that pet shop window and just couldn't leave you behind. For all the flipping off your wheel and stuffing your cheeks to the brim. I will cherish those memories and the last time i held you in my hands and you sat there looking at my with big pretty eyes.