by Pamela Hardimon
My heart is empty,
Because Wolfsbane is not there to fill the space.
I miss my little black and white friend,
my fat, fuzzy, five year old puppy girl --
My best friend.
She wasn't here all that long but I loved her more
than most thing -- than most people.
She had the sweetest heart, the kindest eyes, the coldest nose.
She had a way of looking at you, Searching you with her
large brown eyes
with black rims -- and Egyptian look to her German shepherd face.
I will miss that face and those gentle eyes
and running my fingers through her soft fur.
I'll miss feeding her and walking with her and playing with her
and shaking her paw and teaching her or being taught by her
and simply sitting with her in her corner.
She knew I loved her, I believe.
With a kiss to her Antarctic brown nose or the top of her furry
little head, I told her so a million times.
She understood human thought, human word, human action.
I will miss that understanding, that acute sense of how things were.
My heart is empty now.
Lacking in so many things that Wolfsbane's presence added in.
My soul is weary now without the constant unending friendship
of My Chubbins.
I'm alone now, Stranded in a world I don't like,
understand, or fit into, and don't care to like, understand,
or fit into.
But the emptiness, the weariness, the loneliness are all
temporary earthly things.
And I am sure that a day is on its way when I will see
Wolfie's face and her gentle eyes again,
and run my fingers throught her soft fur again,
and feed her, walk with her, play with her, shake her paw,
teach her or be taught by her, and simply
sit in her corner with her again --
Wolfsbane, who was never My Possession, but
My Most Cherished Companion.