Clive

This ones about a guinea pig and his name was clive,

hed sit upon my shoulder when id go out for a drive.

Id stroke him id brush him i even cleaned his poo

(thats all part of pet ownership) youll have to do that too.

One thing about clive he was always malting,

I really didnt mind but my kids found it revolting.

I loved him More, than you could have even guessed

hed calm me down, when i was feeling stressed

But One day i had,

the most awful suprise

clive had stopped moving

I couldnt believe my eyes

Was so sad to see him there

My heart, it filled with disrepair

It wasnt right it wasnt fair

Yet all i could do was stare

My daughter asked has he gone like the queen.

As my daughter remembered the coverage on the TV screen

I explained to her it was just like the tragedy

of when great britain had lossed her majosty

Sadly Clive had just stopped breathing

Words can't describe how I was feeling ,

I Had to be strong though and put on a brave face I explained to my daughter nothing will ever take his place

For the love we still have we will forever give

And that will remain for as long as you live

You have to share your memories of things you did together

For if you dont shre them then theyll be gone forever

We will never get over it and that is a fact, we really have no choice we’ll have to adapt.

Clive. K.MacDonald (taken from "More tales with meaning")