"Skeye" Kitty (My Sweetie)

Sent from heaven above

Sent for me to love

And to love me

Ever so much

For nineteen years

My best little buddy true

My "Skeye" kitty has left me

Moved on to her Father's embrace

So brave in her passing

Trying to comfort me to the end

Her weak and silent meows

Breaking my heart

Fighting to live

Only wanting to love me another day

She had saved my life

In a very dark time years ago

A time when no one could reach me

Every night she came to comfort me

She snuggled next to my broken heart

And poured the warmth of her love

Into my aching breast

And I survived

So amazing a little creature

Loved and admired by all

Who could but see her perfection

But she chose me

"Skeye" blue eyes only for me

She came and befriended me

When she had no one

And charmed me beyond words

Delighted me with her grace

Backflips like a gymnast

Leaps like a ballerina

Bounding to meet me

As the rumble of my old pickup

Announced my arrival home

So precious

So beyond words in her sweetness

My little sweetie

So beloved, so missed

The house so empty without her

Ever will she be adored in my heart

This extraordinary little friend

Who loved her tuna juice

Her sunshine, her water games

Her boxes, her naps

Her romps up and down the hall

Who gave me more

Than I could ever express

The words would fill a library

And still pale

Next to the reality of her perfection

So sweet, so brave, so true

So fearless, and strong

Five and a half pounds

And could run off

A big mean tomcat

But oh so full of love

Comforting me always in my pain

Even when growing old and ill

Only thinking of me

Bon voyage my sweetie

I have commended you

Into the arms of the Man Of Beauty

Whose you always were more than mine

And who can love you better than I

How can I say how grateful I am

To you for your love

For your tireless devotion to me

Your patience with my failures

How grateful I am

That the The Most Beautiful One

The King Of Glory himself

Has jealously sought your company

And come to gather you unto himself

Taking your precious little spirit

From this undeserving world

As you died so bravely in my arms

Cozy in front of the fire

Where you so loved to nap

You are in his arms now

To hold for me until that day

When we meet again in Glory

And carry on our love for one another

What a joy it will be to see you again

And hold you next to the heart

To which you so fully gave yourself

To protect and heal

From the beauty within you

From your humble station

In God's great creation

My sweetie, I love you

You are the best earthly friend

I ever, ever had

Ever will I carry you

Adored and beloved in my heart

Stephen Pursell, 1/27/15