Originally Posted by BionicBard:
“Oh, jnb, I'm so sorry to hear about Becks. This little poem - I don't know who wrote it - sums up things for me. It's so very hard to lose a dear friend, and my heart goes out to you both.
If it should be that I grow weak
and pain should keep me from my sleep.
Then you must do what must be done,
for this last battle cannot be won.
You will be sad, I understand.
Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
For this day more than all the rest,
your love for me must stand the test.
We've had so many happy years,
what is to come can hold no fears.
You'd not want me to suffer so.
The time has come, please let me go.
Take me where my needs they'll tend
and please stay with me until the end.
Hold me firm and speak to me,
until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time that you will see,
the kindness that you did for me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
from pain and suffering I've been saved.
Please do not grieve it must be you
who had this painful thing to do.
We've been so close, we two, these years.
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.
Anon”
“Oh, jnb, I'm so sorry to hear about Becks. This little poem - I don't know who wrote it - sums up things for me. It's so very hard to lose a dear friend, and my heart goes out to you both.
If it should be that I grow weak
and pain should keep me from my sleep.
Then you must do what must be done,
for this last battle cannot be won.
You will be sad, I understand.
Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
For this day more than all the rest,
your love for me must stand the test.
We've had so many happy years,
what is to come can hold no fears.
You'd not want me to suffer so.
The time has come, please let me go.
Take me where my needs they'll tend
and please stay with me until the end.
Hold me firm and speak to me,
until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time that you will see,
the kindness that you did for me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
from pain and suffering I've been saved.
Please do not grieve it must be you
who had this painful thing to do.
We've been so close, we two, these years.
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.
Anon”
What a lovely poem BB
Brought tears to my eyes
my last exam is on Wednesday and then I've finished uni for the year. I will be posting the last part of J's section of the book, tomorrow, after which I will be happy to pm the whole thing to anyone who wants it as I'm sure it will quickly get lost on here”
must admit when I saw Aliona and Vincent had been there again my first thought was "If only they'd picked another week to go" 
That being said I'm sure I'd be way too shy to go and talk to them, and am going to have to seriously pluck up my courage to go stage door lurking during KD
I'd be willing to swap it with Korky for one of her more "hands on" Jayjobs 
