The GISHWHES challenge: to write a poem to a pet who has departed...
VIOLETTA, 15 YEARS MY FRIEND It is not you my sweet friend I lay to rest upon a bed of petals, cover over with petals of pink and yellow and white and all the gentle colors of the rose... because I could not simply consign your empty body to the earth, lying on, surrounded by unlovely dirt. It is... Sign in to see full entry.