Kira Is Undeniable

Kira is uniquely Kira, not another 
like her. Her tiny, tidy fluff-ball 
presence refreshing in the vision
of a minuscule Schnauzer, the runt
of her litter improbably posing as a 
grey Teddybear, pink-accented
fluffs at her feet and her muzzle.
There was a time when Kira
went nowhere without her tennis
ball, and that ball rolled nowhere
without Kira in hot pursuit. She 
is no longer a puppy, not even a
grown-up puppy posing as one 
that will never achieve the mentality
of adulthood. For now, sweet as she
is, she is also quiet, the high-pitched
squeals of delight at life's offerings
that always heralded her presence
have disappeared along with her
hearing. Her demeanor is composed
and dignified, her gait much slower
as she grows toward her final
destiny which we will in due time
all grow to meet. Yet Kira is Kira.