Alas, you’ve gone: you’ve slipped off to the night,
My valentine, and now I know despair.
Your fur so ebony, so lush and rare,
That heart upon your breast, a jewel so bright!
You were my glory, my supreme delight —
Luxurious, and languorous, aware
Of all my dreams, a cat beyond compare,
A paradigm, a prince, a noble might.
Now hours of darkness, cold and bare and grim
Descend because your moon-like eyes are gone,
And night’s a space where stars cannot abide.
A new moon with no end, and my eyes brim
With oceans, and, alas, there’ll be no dawn,
For my heart, with your lovely life, has died.
Written Jun 8, 2017 © Anissa Nedzel Gage, All rights reserved
Awwww 🙁
I know that feeling all too well. Hugs x
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Today is my beloved George’s first anniversary too. I miss him horribly
So sorry to hear 🙁
Lost mine two months ago…I am missing him a lot
Nice poem for a sad feeling.
:/ sorry to hear. But thank you for liking our contributors poem none the less. <3
Very sad, beautiful
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Such a wordsmith…
Nice , and sad. It is true though…loving a cat, I know this personally.
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A beautiful poem!!!! So sorry for your loss!!!!! ❤️
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Ah, so beautiful ❤ ? *hugs
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hugs to you <3 so sad . . .
Thank you! Scheduling this poem in brought tears to my eyes too. 🙁
Such a beautiful tribute?
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Oh my I LOVE the color of the cats eyes! KI thought someone did an art job and made them into fishbowls with fish before I opened the post
I know right. That pic is just amazing.
Beautiful.?
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