
When Sonny and Lion couldn’t decide who got my lap, they decided to compromise and share…ย ๐
Life is a like ballad
Every melody has a story
The endings are at times sad
But that is how it must be
It pulls at the heartstrings
Creating a somber lullaby
All of the melancholy things
Like saying forever goodbye
I remember the notes, his singing
Every tone touched the heart
And with his story completing
He slowly pulled mine apart
I was browsing my old poems and stumbled upon this one that I wrote in 2015 for a gorgeous yellow tabby cat that I named Sonny. He died that year from either feline leukemia or some sort of feline aids, the vet wasn’t sure and said it wasn’t worth it to do the testing to find out because it wouldn’t make any difference. Anyway, we had many beautiful years together, and it was heartbreaking when it came to an end.

Sonny, sleeping in his “playing dead” position, which was his favorite
And later that year, another, a wonderful yellow long hair I called Lion ended up with the same thing and within a couple of months, was gone as well.

Lion, on my coat
My heart is feeling the same way now for Rabbit and Radar that it did for Sonny and Lion back then, so I thought, why not share this old poem for all of the beloved pets that have departed?
Thank you all for the prayers! โค I’m slowly trying to catch up on your wonderful posts and the lovely comments you’ve left me. ๐ Hope that you are having a great week so far!
That was a lovely poem โค Thank you for sharing it. I can only imagine what you must be going through, so please donโt worry about catching up on blogging until youโre ready to. Weโre all here for you! โค *hugs*
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Completely agree with, Maggie ๐ take your time.
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Thanks, T.R.! ๐ I think I’m ready to fully return now instead of the occasional random post and stalking everyone’s posts in the reader. ๐ I’m almost done editing a post for today. ๐
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Awesome!! ๐
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Thank you! โค
Aww. ๐ ๐ I believe I'm ready to! I miss you guys! **hugs**
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Brilliant composition of words and such little angels and beautiful pictures.
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Thank you! โค ๐
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Welcome
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So sweet.
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Thank you! โค
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I love your poem and sorry that Sonny and Lion were missed.
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Thank you! โค It has been a while, so I can cherish the memories of them without as much heartache. ๐
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IN my poetry class yesterday, we read Kim Addonizio’s poems. I read aloud this one:
Title: In Dreams
After eighteen years thereโs no real grief left
for the man who was my father.
I hardly think of him anymore, and those dreams I used to have,
in which heโd be standing in a room of people
I didnโt knowโmaybe his new friends,
if the dead have friendshipsโ those dreams no longer trouble my sleep.
Heโs not in the crooked houses I wander through
or in the field by the highway where Iโm running, chasing down some important piece of paper,
desperate to reach it as itโs lifted in the wake of trucks or flattened and marked by passing cars,
as itโs lifted again to swirl over
a broken wood fence. I donโt know why the paperโs so important, or if anything is even written there. I donโt know where the dead go,
or why itโs good to forget them, not to see them if they come crowding the windows or trying to lay themselves down
and press along our bodies at night
and ask that we love them again, that our sorrows include them once more. This morning I couldnโt get up. I slept late, I dreamed of the single
sheet of paper, which I never managed to reach as it stuttered and soared over the grass and a few flowers, so that I woke with a sense of loss, wondering who
or what I had to mourn besides my father, whom I no longer mourn,
father buried in the earth beneath grass, beneath flowers I trample as I run.
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Wow, that was a powerful poem! Thanks for sharing it with me, I enjoyed reading it so much! ๐ Where you nervous to read it aloud in front of the class?
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No, they want me to read louder, so I’m used to it now. Many of them are retired teachers. I feel comfortable with them!
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Wow, that’s great! ๐
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Thank you!
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I bought a publishing program. It has tools to upload to Create Space for self publishing, It also has instruction of how to format the size of the book you want to publish. I want to write my own true story. I told you that I turned my story into a novel and now have to change it back to first person. This program keep talking about using the Amazon best 100 to help name the title. Of course all the instruction about “show not tell” – not describing but let the characters show. The instructions are not for true stories. I feel I’m stuck. But I watched an interview tonight – The author of “Chicken Noodle Soup” interview someone who wrote an memoir. I brought the kindle version and see how she wrote the book.
By the way, anytime you want to do self publishing, I can email some instructions – in pdf form!
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Oh, how exciting! ๐ I hope that it helps you get unstuck! โค I remember hearing good things about the Chicken Soup For The Soul.
Oh, that would be amazing! I need to do a lot of editing before I think about publishing though. ๐ I've been taking a break from editing; I really need to get back to it.
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Oh good, when you’re ready, let me know.
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I will! ๐
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Okay, good. Anytime โบ
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Thank you for sharing this heart-tugging, but beautiful poem, Grace.
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Thank you for the kind words! โค ๐ I was happy to share.
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This is beautiful โค take all the time you need.
Love, comfort, and assurance be upon you. ๐
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Thank you! โค I think I have now. ๐
Aww, thank you! โค He has been good to me. ๐
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I’m so glad to hear this ๐ โค
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May God continue to comfort you in Jesus Name! Much love and peace to you! Xxoo
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Thank you! โค He is the best Comforter! ๐ Peace and love to you as well! ๐
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One of the cats I lived with for only a month also died from one of these ailments. That was hard enough. I can only imagine how devastating it would be to lose two — and have no control over either. My condolences to you.
The last stanza of your poem is perfect — and conveys your love and grief so well. Beloved indeed!
I am glad you know The Comforter. Bless you!
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I’m sorry that you lost your cat from this as well. **hugs** Thank you.
Thank you for the kind words! ๐
He is such an amazing Comforter! Blessings! ๐
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