Friend

She adopted a cat from us and always asked how we were.
I know that sentence might seem strange to some but not to me.

A friend is someone who cares as much, no actually more, about stray feral cats
than they do about empty things like money and power.

A friend looks at you with her piercing eyes, looking into your soul,
scouring the dark places,
Are you OK?

A friend is lost in a senseless moment of time,
taking away the opportunity to say goodbye, farewell,
or I love you
for being an animal lover,
lover of the poor,
downtrodden,
and sad in the world.

Never again in this material plane will I see her to say
goodbye,
farewell,
I love you,

Dana.