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FAREWELL, MY FRIEND, FAREWELL by Ed Kostro February 2007
“I love cats because I love my home, And little by little, They become its visible soul.” Jean Cocteau
I’ve lost my dear old friend He was with me twenty years Sadness fills my heart and soul There may be no end to my tears I will never forget the day that I first spotted him He had materialized on my dog’s backyard grave He was an extremely ragged newborn orange furball Who taught me how to love again and how to be brave I was alone and divorced living in the big city I had lost the only thing I cared about - my dog I was severely depressed and drinking heavily My heart and soul tormented with a dark lonely fog But from the moment that he raced into my apartment He managed to take away my heartache and my grief I’ve often thought that he was a furry angel sent by God Who ended my torment – who brought me so much relief He quickly taught me many things about the merits of cats And he eagerly helped welcome more orphans into our home He quickly became my devoted inspiring lap perching partner As I now soon began penning animal stories, books, and poems And each and every night for nearly the last twenty years As I finally shut off all the house lights and went up to bed He would very silently arrive right next to me on my pillow And purr very soft soothing melodious lullabies into my head He became very precious to my loving new spouse as well As he got older our biggest dog Turbo became his guardian Turbo would gently help him manoeuvre up and down stairs And watch over him while he napped in the sun without end Old age as it always does caught up with him a few days ago My wife and I took turns comforting him as he now lay dying The rest of our pets each solemnly visited him to say good-bye As each of them kissed or nuzzled him we couldn’t stop crying Our newest cat, Little Flower, from devastated New Orleans Refused to leave his side when he recently became so very ill She so lovingly snuggled on the bed with him kissing his neck And so compassionately keeping him company in death’s chill He was such a wondrous friend who helped turn my life around He was such a very vital part of our ever expanding animal family His departure has left such a terrible void in our once happy home It will be a long time before this sombre house again fills with glee And I know my depression would soon overwhelm me If it weren’t for all of these other animals I now care for Buddy truly encouraged me to be one of their advocates He somehow implanted compassion deep within my core But now there’s a huge hole in my heart I will miss dear old Buddy for all my days And I truly believe that he was Heaven sent For he enriched my life in so very many ways He truly was our expanding family’s very visible And very loyal and very compassionate feline soul And I knew that terrible agony would quickly arrive When the day came that my wondrous friend had to go We’ve now lost my very dear sage old friend He was at my side for twenty wonderful years Utter sadness consumes my heart and soul today This page now splattered with my endless tears
Farewell, My Dear Old Friend, Farewell, Deep Within My Soul, Your Spirit Will Dwell Ed Kostro If you would like to review this poem on Ed's Author's Den website, please click the link here: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?AuthorID=14300&id=182802 Be sure to check out Ed's websites. http://edkostro.home.comcast.net/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
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