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Friday, December 22, 2017

Au Revoir, Hyper

Death is the greatest looming spectre that haunts every single one of us.

Cold, scared, alone - I lose sleep thinking that death must be the one true personal experience. Maybe that's why we as a race have grown to become social creatures, and we value any form of companionship that we can get.

And with life comes the pain of loss.

We tend to outlive the pets we take in - and it is because of this that we are reminded of the pain of loss again and again and again over the years.

Maybe it's our way of numbing ourselves to the inevitable.

Animal companions give so much and ask for so little in return. Food, water, shelter - and maybe a little time to pull us away from a world that is hell-bent in consuming us. We think we're doing them a favor, when often the truth is that they're trying to help take our eyes away from an uncaring world, if only for the briefest of moments.

All you asked for is a bit of time. And I could not be there to provide company in your last moments.

I'm sorry buddy.

In our hubris, we failed you.

I failed you.

You did not deserve to go like this, and we do not deserve you.

If you can still find it in your pure little heart to forgive, someday I'll wait for you at the rainbow bridge.

Yes. You were a good boy.

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