Lost To Us

 

He is everywhere, his

tiny self dogging us,

haunting every room of

the home that was his 

              and ours

but we grieve that

he is nowhere to 

be seen, simply no longer

with us, and we can no

longer swoop the

      little fellow

our dearest companion

into our arms again.

The memory of him

lives within our very core

warm and alive, but

it is now an essence. That

lovable and loving creature

to whom we gave our hearts

has taken a piece of those hearts

with him, leaving what was

left within us broken,

bereft, sorrowing. Nothing

can be done, he is gone

his life lost to us.