Sweet baby Max
Your face is forever writ onto our hearts
Those eyes, so sweet and dark
Never changed
The love in them stayed steady
And though we lost you far too soon
The love remains for always

Sweet old man Max
The wisdom of 10 dog years
Is plainly enscribed upon your dearly greying face
The innocence of puppyhood gone
But the silliness still ingrained

Sweet Max
Jessica's dog of a lifetime
Forever romp in her heart
And in our imaginations

And as long as there is one dog hair embedded
Somewhere in her belongings
You'll be with Jess
And that, as any Lab-owner knows,
Means forever and a day.