My guardian is gone
He was put to rest this past March
Buried near his mother
The eleven years that he walked and romped about this earth
Are indelibly imprinted in my mind
His bed still lies next to mine
Where he lay thru the night
Watching over me and mine
He was always there to be hugged
And maybe to give a slurp in return
There was no compromise in his affection
When he was in my truck
His frame would be stretched from the back seat to the console
He was a big muscular dog
And as he lay
He watched me
The love just poured from his eyes
Jake was Daisy’s only pup
When she played with him
She pulled him by his tail
How he did scream
When he would retrieve what I had thrown
He would proudly come to my side
Proudly waiting for me to take it and throw it again
I didn’t teach him
He learned it on his own
I see many of his qualities in his son Luke
To whom the mantle has now been passed
Another Chesapeake
None that I thought that I would ever own
As I write tears leave trail upon my face
I know
That in the Bye and Bye
Daisy, Jake, Penny, Luke and I
Shall play and romp in the Fields of Forever
Yes Jake you are gone