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Both of these friends gone too soon
Looking for a home for you
Adopted you myself
Friends from the start
Although you were afraid at first
You were always a big kitten
Eyes of golden-green
Time went by too quickly
Took you from me too soon
Every day I grieve for you
Tiny princess abandoned by her humans
Received with love into our home
In time she became the queen of the castle
Never let me feel alone
I loved you, my best girlfriend
Time robbed me of you too soon
You are forever in my heart
Your broken-hearted human
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Part of me really hates the pet prompts.
They are the one thing guaranteed to leave me crying--every fucking time--no exception.
You never get over the loss of a beloved pet. I had a dog I had to give away because I was moving os. He went to a very good home(people with children i knew )They even modified their station wagon so they could fit him in the back. He loved going out in the car. A few years later when we returned to Sydney we moved backed into the same apartments we used to live in before.One day someone told me they had seen Toby outside. He had walked all the way back ( several kilometres) to find us and to say goodbye ( unknown to us he was to die shortly afterwards) I had to ring his new owner and it nearly killed me to return him to her. I never got over it and I never got another dog .
ReplyDeleteThat is so heartbreaking. When Lafayette had to be put to sleep on his sixth birthday due to kidney failure, something died in me at that moment, and having to put Trinity to sleep at ten due to brain and lung cancer (I don't smoke, BTW, and never smoked in the house when I did) sealed the deal. There are still three living cats between my son's two cats and Tara, who is Lafayette's little half-sister or cousin. He was two months older and they were from the same feral colony.
DeleteWhen I was a kid, we had this pig-headed Manx cat who went back to the place we lived previously after we moved across town. He had to cross several major streets to get there. He survived doing it the first time, but not the second.
Beautiful. And sad.
ReplyDeleteThank you. :-)
DeleteEven so, this poem resonates with love.
ReplyDeletePS I hate pet prompts as well. Very much too hard to write.
Not too many things make me cry. Even writing about my father, who has been gone for close to nine years (the anniversary of his passing is November 28) might make me misty, but it doesn't make me bawl. Writing about the little ones does. I feel like they trusted me and I let them down. I couldn't save them.
DeleteYeah, the pet prompts leave me crying too. Beautiful tribute to your kitties.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I love cats so much, but I can't do it anymore. Once the ones that are still with us are gone, there won't be any to follow. It's too painful.
DeleteSuch a beautiful tribute! I agree...writing about pets is heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteThanks. They bring a lot of joy, but such pain when they pass on.
Deleteadorable furbabies, Cie. I'm sorry they passed on too soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I appreciate it. :-)
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