animal love

For Nicole and her Kitty Girl who died today

I am so sorry Kitty Girl,
that you had to die,
so young, so sud­denly
and I’m so grate­ful that I got to spend your dying moments with you
and some more time as you were in spirit while we said good­bye
to your still so beau­ti­ful
and still warm body.

Your beauty was mag­nif­i­cent,
so present,
even in death.

And Nicole was so present,
alive to her grief and her love for you,
deny­ing noth­ing, crush­ing noth­ing,
so alive to the whole­ness of love
even in the midst of los­ing you.

She will be such a good nurse,
such a good woman, a cat mother and mother
She is such a good per­son right now, already.

She is so open to her core
to what is real and true
to love and life
and death.

Her ques­tions about spir­i­tu­al­ity,
her doubts,
all are part of the grow­ing whorl of leaves
that leads out from her cen­ter,
Hon­est doubts.

But she heard you purring
after you were gone,
and I said, “That’s real.“
That’s not just a mem­ory.
That is your Kitty Girl com­ing to you
to tell you she is alright now,
and she loves you, loves you, loves you,
as you love her.

Thank you so much,
for the chance to be with you both today,
to be blessed by your purity of spirit,
and the love in your heart,
in your mind, in your being.
Thank you.

© Denise Schultz 2010

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