Passing on…

By: Sam Dochoda (Aljan)

I lie upon the plains…

Alone…and so lonely…

I look up at the night sky where the night lights dance across the sky…

I whine softly…remembering when I watched them with my love…

Many years had passed since her passing…

My sons and daughters have gone and made families…

Only I remain…

Oh my love, if you were alive to see them!

They were beautiful and filled with energy!

They had your love and compassion…

And my empathy and protection…

I raise my muzzle to the full moon above…

My time is near…

I slowly went to the den where so much love and happiness had once been…

I lie at the opening and watch the moon’s progress…

I felt nothing…

No pain…

Then I saw my love before me…

Old and withered as I was from years of waiting…

She smiled…

She was still beautiful…

Then we were floating…higher and higher…

We left the world and passed the moon…

I looked back…

A beautiful green and blue orb glowed back…

Just then…a speck of light behind me caught my eye and I turned…

A star seemed to open before us…and it swallowed us with its light…

I felt strength flow back into me and I looked at my mate…

As I watched in amazement and wonder,

The withered old age seem to melt away…

And was replaced by youth…

I felt my old grey fur become strong again…

My eye sight became clearer…

The smell of my love’s fur becoming stronger…

We were young once more!

A plain filled with flowing grass stretched before us…

And beyond…