SOME THINGS STAY

My youngest cat 

is learning

that some things go away

and they don't come back.

Like our dear family dog

our superstar,

the family clown,

rallier of lonely hearts

standing proud and strong

he made a wonderful

cat refuge, too.

She curls in my lap,

my bed,

calls from the floor

as if all the loss of late

has made her clingy.

She tries to hold 

onto me,

climb into me

so that I will not

vanish, too.    

"I know, I know,"  I purr.

I learned long ago

Somethings go away

but then,

some things stay.

Author's Note

I just lost my precious companion, my dog of 12 1/2 years last week. He was like my guardian angel and very closed mouth confidant. This is a simple thought that I just felt the need to express. I have not had the heart to write up the more extensive things I wrote during his last hours. Please let me know what you think. I know it is not a major work, but I hope it has merit.

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

I lost my tabby, Elliott, last month, who would have been 18 this May. I held him upon my lap, as the vet proceeded to put him to sleep.

The emotion you've shown within the brevity of these lines is staggering, for it sheds light into our pets grief for one another, as well as our own for them.

Dear Claire, be very proud of this, for it is something beautiful that will always "stay"...always!

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

What a lovely review! It means so much when we write something that is painful and it communicates to another person. I appreciate your time taken to read it and your thoughts.
I am so sorry to hear about your cat's passing. They become a part of us...so painful to lose them.

[MOON]

Certainly has merit , like a rite of passage something goes and somethings stay.

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. oh, i am so sorry for your loss ... and i wish you greater courage and greater resilience ... as for this poem, it is utter profundity words ... you have beautifully expressed one of the profoundest truths of existence ... it's a lesson we all learn ... it's a lesson that our lives reinforce ... what i love best about this poem is that it is apparently simple but infinitely deep ... and it's so moving and giving ... so full of love ... absolutely overwhelming work ... just purr-fect ...