Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge

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 heaven’s 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 and come to 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’ll 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.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together ...

~Author Unknown~

...I've lived my life and done my best,
an example tried to be.
So can I take that step beyond,
and set my spirit free?

I didn't want to go at first,
I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
to a warm and living light.

I want to go, I really do;
it's difficult to stay.
But I will try as best I can
to live just one more day.

To give you time to care for me
and share your love and fears.
I know you're sad and afraid,
because I see your tears.

I'll not be far, I promise that,
and hope you'll always know,
That my spirit will be close to you
wherever you may go.

Thank you so for loving me.
You know I love you too,
And that's why it's hard to say goodbye
and end this life with you.

So hold me now just one more time
and let me hear you say,
Because you care so much for me,
you'll let me go today.

by Susan A. Jackson

Don't cry for the ferrets
That life has set free
A million ferrets
Forever to be

Don't cry for the ferrets
Now in God's hands
As they dance and they dook
To a heavenly hand

They were ours as a gift
But never to keep
As they close their eyes
Forever to sleep

Their spirits unbound
On silver wings they fly
A million ferrets
Against the sky

Look up into heaven
You will see them above
The ferrets we lost
The ferrets we loved

Fur and tails flowing
They dance through time
They were never yours
They were never mine

Don't cry for the ferrets
They will be back someday
When our time comes
They will show us the way

Do you hear that soft dook
Close to your ear
Don't cry for the ferrets
Love the ones that are here

~Unknown Author~

Warm light coming from far below,
Twinkling, sparkling is the candle's glow.
All is well up on the ridge,
The place we know as Rainbow Bridge.
Furbabies sleeping in heaven's light,
Tended by candles in the night.
Peaceful dreams be theirs to keep,
As they slumber in this night so deep.
Hearts on earth that miss them so,
Take comfort in the candle's glow.
Watching for them in skies above,
Bound eternally by a cord of love.

~Unknown Author~