The Rainbow Bridge - Inspired by a Norse Legend

Rainbow Bridge

The Rainbow Bridge is the theme of a work of poetic prose written some time between 1980 and 1992, whose original creator is unknown. The theme is of an other-worldly place to which a pet goes upon its death, eventually to be reunited with its owner.
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    The Rainbow Bridge - Inspired by a Norse Legend

    For those who may not have ever read the legend:

    By the edge of a wood, at the foot of a hill, is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.
    Where the friends of man and woman do run, when their time on earth is over and done.

    For here, between this world and the next, is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.
    On this golden land, they wait and they play, till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

    No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness, for here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.
    Their limbs are restored, their health renewed, their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

    They romp through the grass, without even a care, until one day they start, and sniff at the air.
    All ears *** forward, eyes dart front and back, then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

    For just at that instant, their eyes have met; Together again, both person and pet.
    So they run to each other, these friends from long past, the time of their parting is over at last.

    The sadness they felt while they were apart, has turned into joy once more in each heart.
    They embrace with a love that will last forever, and then, side-by-side, they cross over...together.
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    It makes my heart smile to think of one day seeing my beloved pets again [:)]
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    I,too do not look forward to death,but certainly look forward to being reunited with my beloved animals.
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    For just at that instant, their eyes have met; Together again, both person and pet.
    So they run to each other, these friends from long past, the time of their parting is over at last.

     
    That will be my "reward", my paradise for sure. 
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    For just at that instant, their eyes have met; Together again, both person and pet.
    So they run to each other, these friends from long past, the time of their parting is over at last.

    That will be my "reward", my paradise for sure.

     
    That's why I KNOW that dogs go to heaven --- it wouldn't be Heaven without them.
     
     
    (ps:  Michelle has been gone 8 months and I'm bawling like a baby after reading this - I miss her SO much - and I fear the pain will always be as bad as its ever been)