"CALICO"
?1978
- 1998
WHERE DID YOU GO MY CALICO DEAR?
You
left just as came, unseen.
The
time between was twenty years.
You
were always a loner.
Perhaps
it would have been better if the
doctor
had taken your life.
You
left without a trace. You left your
bowl
and warm bed.
You
were grown when you arrived.
There
were three boys, their Grandmother
and
myself living here then.
The
boys and their Grandmother are
gone,
and now you are also gone.
The
doctor said "its time. She is old
and
now suffering from cancer.
She
has had a long life. She had a bb
shot
and a pellet shot under her coat that has
been
there a long time." I know not from where they came.
I
promised to keep her comfortable.
Last
night was the first time she refused her
food and water. It was time. I did not sleep
well
knowing what I must do at first light.
When
I went to check on Calico, she was gone.
Left
without a trace. She could not have gone far.
Her
joints were stiff and her eyes were bad.
Have
I done a grave injustice?
Sometime back, I heard such a story from a friend
who's
cat was also quite old. She had never left the yard
in
the many years she lived with them.
Calico
has not been out of our yard for a couple of years.
I
know she will not be back. I will never see her again.
Gone
is the cat my Mother loved. She was a house cat for
many years. Then she was given a cat condo outside the front
door.
The outside tap was left running, at her request, as she loved
cool fresh water. Her home is dismantled, the water turned off.
I
am so glad I told her goodnight.
I
am just sorry I did not tell her good bye.
Where
did she go?
Did
the Angel of Death take Calico to a better home?
I
will never know. I do know Calico is gone.
She
left as she came, alone and unseen.
I
will miss her very much.
Good-bye
my friend.
You
will always be a special part of my Easter memories.
April 13, 1998 by gloria
jean childers
Even though spring had arrived, Calico
knew her winter had come.
Winter- A time to rest and a time to
sleep. A time to ready one's
self for the spring that will surely
come. A spring of newness and renewal
on the other side of RAINBOW
BRIDGE.
(ADDED CHRISTMAS 1998)
Calico was taken by seven Spanish Angles