The Rainbow Bridge Poem

                            Just this side of Heaven, before the Pearly Gates
                          Is a sunny meadow where your pets can rest and wait.
                        It's where the slanting sunshine meets the highest clouds,
                          A floating bridge of rainbows so far above the ground.

                          This is where we wait for you, if we have gone before.
                          Just out of sight of mortals, just outside Heavens door.

                          Here we play in sunshine, frolic free from age or pain,
                          And anticipate the joyful time when we will meet again.

                         Every pet that's lived on earth can bide his time, can wait
                      For that special person to come walking to the Rainbow Gates;
                        And everyone who's loved a pet will find them safely here,
                       Frolicking on Rainbow Bridge till your own time draws near.

 

                          One day there comes a feeling, a trembling in the air;
                      And then we know it's time to run , to come and meet you there.
                      Faster and faster on that day, across Rainbow Bridge we'll run
                        To meet the humans we love best, come walking in the sun.

                     Alas, my friend, you cannot pass across Rainbow Bridge with me;
                       But when your time for glory comes, waiting for you I will be.

                         Then together we will walk upon a path of glittering light,
                       No more to suffer, nor to part, but to live forever side by side.

                         Every pet that's lived on earth can bide his time and wait
                     Until together with his person he goes through those Pearly Gates;
                       And everyone who's loved a pet, you'll find them waiting here,
                     Safe and sound on Rainbow Bridge till your own time draws near.

                                         (Author unknown)