Thank you, my friend

I shall sleep in quiet slumber, when my life with you is done...
I shall sleep, my heart content, that you were the only one
I will wait beyond the rainbow, knowing I shall see,
a time on the horizon, when you will be with me
for I have known I loved you, since I was just a boy,
and you have filled my life's existence, with tenderness and joy
And when at last my journey for the final time is through,
I'll sleep the sleep of angels--- because I spent my life with you.
            - From a dog named Laddie to his "dad" and life companion