Poetry about the perspective of a cat dying while he lays in the arms of his owner.
The fluorescent lights glitter like tinsel balls. They flare out their strings like the stars have come to visit me.
My friend’s soft lap is gravity; My heavy body is anchored to it.
I can vividly hear my friend’s hand weaving through my fur. His thumb rubs gently against my wet paws. It was the same way he flipped through pages of his comic books, unfurling their butterfly wings.
The gray walls press us together. The light and darkness overlap into its complexity. A moonlight lapping with the dark ocean waves. Beyond the window, the sky is a deary blue. Its weight weighs on my body; an intractable illness that turns a flickering flame into a beautiful illustration.
My eyes drift to the lilac buttons on my friend’s wool sweater. I purr for him, wrapping my tail around his shivering arm.
His falling tears strengthen the aching waves over my body. Each flap, each drum, each sob. His voice reverberates of bells.
I hear his heartbeat. It’s strong, twofold.
Our hearts pound together. But, mine fleets. Growing softer and softer. My body is cool, sifting to a brief tune. My friend’s murmurs escape the room.
Shadows shift at the corner of my eyes. He sees right through me. His eyes wear a sad frame. His irises, a ginger tide. They were golden fields, where his soul waits.
His hand covers my dim vision. I slip away. Darkness holds my hand, guiding my way.
I wake, finding my friend’s hand sketching my new face. I see his large eyes, sketching my limbs. I see the room I used to live in with him. His clothes were still as wrinkled and messy as I left them.
I now have two feet and two hands. My smile is broader than it’s ever been. I wish to leap from this paper cage to purr again in his arms. But, he only frowns at me, the sadder he’s ever been.
He takes an eraser from his easel. He leans close, as if to give me a small kiss.
He presses the eraser against my eyes and I can see no more.
He crumbles me and tosses me away.
Leaving me to walk alone by his side.
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