Rest Now, Katie

She was small, an adorable, lovable
little animal. She no longer is, though.
She departed the scenery of life
a scant forty minutes ago, stiff, cold.
She was unwilling to die. Though old
and ill, she fought gallantly to live.
Reaching the point where she was
no longer able to do more than lift
her furry little head, she began to
ravenously eat her food, contrasting
with her wan refusal to eat just a
few days earlier. Cold and stiff, she
hardly resembles the Katie known
and loved. Sad and weightless she is now.
Absent the sweet weight of the soul
that lifted itself beyond the shoals of
life and into the shores of memory.
Just a rabbit, a bunny in the parlance
of those who loved her. Good thing that
animals don't suffer, just as well
as an animal she was absent a personality
otherwise grief would be even more
profound. The anguish now suffered by
those who loved her results from believing
she could feel, and care, and was gifted
with intelligence that her character
revealed. One of Earth's smallest and most
gentle of creatures, Katie is gone.
The brain that made her what she was in
personality and the robust heart that
gave back trust and love, and at the end
refused to stop beating, finally surrendered

to the inevitable. Rest, Katie, in peace.