the profound beauty of sadness

a pause for the unknown passing of today

rest in aloha my little friend…

my day began by seeing Death

represented in simultaneously
the saddest and most peaceful
passing of a Creature
once full in this Life

but now Free 
from the Flow
of everyday being
this side of the veil

Free to just Be 
a +Being 
that is Now (Gone)
Been & Done
Did that

I don't even need to close my eyes to see the lifeless body
of the peaceful orange cat, 
laying there
as thought she had fallen 
(asleep) next to a bowl of food

eyes ever soul slightly open
fur gently blowing with the breeze

later in the day, 
I'd return to see the cat there,
where soul still she lay

her body a bit more frozen, 
as if she had chosen 
to breathe 
the last of her breaths
right there,
 
Here 

in the neighborhood, 
a reminder for any to see
for all who passed by 
and paused to notice her

to gaze upon the brief reminder we're given of how time
passes and flies for All 
of Creation

more leaves (and paper of the human variety) surrounded
the cat's empty little, her fur no longer blowing 
as though the ebb and Flow of the day
had collected to seal her aura in place

though I saw the cat 
in this much rougher state, 
I can only 'see' the cat 
as I first glimpsed her Beautiful Rest

with honor, I say to the Life now transitioned
and I mahalo you for the gift of sad beauty that you gave to me

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