The Best Parts of Me

A year without you

and I miss you still

I always will

of course.

Your floofy paws

those wise hazel eyes

the way you knew

to comfort

bring joy

make me live in the moment.

To mourn a human is somehow okay

but an animaux de compagnie

people have not much to say.

And yet, I know you are a soul

living lives I may never know

and you chose to live this one with me

teaching me that which I sometimes fail to see

and I miss you still.

Oh, how I miss you still

for you understood me in a way no human ever will

but all I have to do is close my eyes

and all the best parts of you are there;

and of me, too.

I . LOVE . YOU . My Milla girl.

2006-2023