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10-21-2006, 05:15 AM | #1 | ||
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Many of you know of my rhyme attacks! But not amusing ones this time. Here are my tributes to Edgewood Reeves - my precious kitty - who went to the other side eight months ago. They say it all.
TO REEVES, A TRIBUTE Yes, for months now I’ve watched, and denial was great While eating with relish, you were still losing weight And the vet said his tests showed nothing was wrong Except perhaps age, which comes to us all if we live for so long But then you stopped running down the path to the gate When I came home from work or shops, where you’d usually wait The path had become just a few feet too long He’s tired, I would think, but I was so terribly wrong And then you stopped going out altogether you see And began using the litter tray, which was an omen to me And then bouts of sickness and staggering too Yes, I realised then what I really must do So off again to the vet, this time with heavy heart I suspected there was little he could do for all that. And again the tests happened, but this time, a year on, What was wrong was apparent and I learned that you soon will be gone You have been my companion for ten of your sixteen long years Through the joys and the laughter, the sadness and tears And through them all, you were there with empathy and licks As you were with my daughter, in your years one to six And now, I sit here with heart heavy as lead Dreading each day since the vet to me said We are talking of days, or a week at the most At that point, I knew that the battle was lost At this moment, he says you have no pain or grief But soon you will have and there will be no relief And at that time, I will have a decision to make And I know that, then, my heart will truly break But, you have given me so many years of devotion and trust And love and companionship, and I know that I must Not let you suffer, lose dignity nor quality of life And, I will not hesitate then to save you that pain and that strife But yes, I dread that day, of course it is one that I fear And each one that dawns brings it ever more near So even now I weep and cannot stop one single tear Cos of all friends I have, you are the most dear And I am losing you, it is near time for you to go Above all, when it happens, I want you to know You go as my beloved, and have been loved thus all these years I ask only one thing of you, to help allay my fears When you get to Heaven, wait for me there Lie on God’s lap, or on Jesus’ chair And purr for them, just as you have aye purred for me One day, I will join you, and what a day that will be Once again running in woodland, chasing squirrel and bird Rarely catching any, just enjoying the fun and grass sward Lying in sunbeams, feeling the heat On your tummy as you lie there at my feet. Postscript 18.02.06 And now it has happened, you are gone from this world No more on the sofa are you lying there, curled In kitty repose, your purr filling my home No more from my window will I watch you the wood roam But through this first long empty night, you are here still And through my great grief I can feel your peace my heart fill As you tell me your pain and weakness at last are all gone And that, at the end, the deed had to be done Your Royal Greyness,Edgewood Reeves, Prince of Cats, God bless you and keep you safe in His care. Go in peace and in love. Requiescat in pace We will love you and remember you forever, Edith and Amelia I SO WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS SPRING I so wanted you to see this Spring I prayed for it more than anything To see you romp in sun for just one season more To see catnip grow just beyond the kitchen door And see you nibble at its first green shoots For which you had waited while winter froze its roots. Then, to watch when, having had enough, you leapt In catnip frenzy, bouncing, twisting joy – except - My last dream for you was not to be Cold winter remained the day I set you free. That morn you woke and could not drink or eat, Staggered and fell on old and failing feet And our eyes met, yours said twas not to be, They cried, “enough, my time has come, this Spring is not for me, As this winter dies, so also death comes to me In pain and in distress, this surely you can see” And so, my precious and most loving friend Our years sixteen together I knew must end You may have lived to see the dawn of that last bright Spring In pain and fear and hopelessness, ah, that’s the thing It was in my hands to spare you that I had that power and searched my breaking heart For healing and for hope, but, knowing that we had to part Chose I the last gift of love I knew would bring me grief’s dart. I promised you no pain, indignity, distress But that did not make the action hurt any the less Above all else, I ask of you just one more thing – Forgive me, Reeves, for denying you this Spring. 31.3.06 SIX MONTHS I yet feel the sorrow, know the pain of void of six months’ lasting And know full well that naught can bring him back withstanding – Not tears, not grief unbound And not my helpless fasting But, my beloved Edgewood Reeves, as I admit to myself of what I miss, My deep sorrow would this ease if only I could give you one more kiss But I must learn what you would want through all my mourning strife “Grieve not my humans for my passing – do not” “But celebrate that I lived and that you shared my life”. And we do Edith and Amelia Jane 18.8.06 |
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