To Remember A Dixie

Constant companion, favorite friend.

Found first each morning,

Tucked in at day's end.

Imagination's main character,

picnic partner divine.

Blamed for all mischief,

The one chosen each time.

Soiled gray from many travels,

fur matted and worn.

Blue eyes now white with etching,

a tail that's half torn.

No longer pristine,

but transformed by love's measure.

The sacrifice of being

one little girl's treasure.