Time = Distance
My friends lost their cat this week …
When the cat’s last day came, I counted the succession of “lasts” … well knowing what my friends were experiencing …
The last evening with kitty in the house … She has been part of every evening for the past eleven years …
Waking up on her last morning … knowing …
Taking note of her last nap … in a favorite spot …
And finally, her last hour … In a house, where her presence had … for so long … been a part of the comfort that is simply called … “home” …
I followed their succession of “lasts” … though I was not present …
It is morning again … the first day without her …
Something new separates kitty and her family … time.
Today, time equals distance … and today … distance equals pain …time separates …
Hour-by-hour, they move further-and-further from that precious “time” that was “her time” …
With sadness … bowls will be cleaned and stored … beds and baskets removed from sight …
In a while … hours and days will no longer serve as an effective measure …
In a while … Kitty’s memory takes its indelible place … in the ongoing tapestry that we call … life …
In a while …