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December 24, 2013
By treebreeze BRONZE, Tannay, Other
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About a week before Thanksgiving,
my world came crashing down.
He isn't here, my mother said,
tears in her eyes.
I fell to my knees,
tucking into her lap.
I begged to see him,
but instead I saw a house full of sadness.

And so, I ran away,
to my little cave,
never to come out again.
My friends try to find me,
but it was too late.
I had already faded.

© Lindsay S., Billings, MT

The author's comments:
This piece does refer to my real life. On November 22, 2013, I lost my dog, Kisho. He was suffering from extreme heart failure, and water was already filling his lungs. The vets decided to put him down. It really hurts, since it just happened to be on my friend's birthday, and it was a Friday. Luckily, I had the whole weekend to get over it, but I'm positive I will always have a piece of soul missing.
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