It's been a crappy day today. We said goodbye to our cat, Sassy.

In her last days I wrote this. I can't know it's how she felt, but she walked side by side with Time.

Waiting.

In my time I have hunted

Sleek limbed and subtle

Sister to shade and shadow.

Now I bask in the sun,

My time has run, and I wait.

Instinct draws me to paths I have walked,

To roll in the dust,

To echo myself.

My eyes once keen -

Now jaded with memory.

Startled by the terror of the present

My fur rises, sinews mimic old pride.

Curled in warmth I give myself to stillness.

Goodbye.