What Is Love?

Earth-Shattering, World-Breaking,
Heart-Mending Fools,
Do You Realize Those Moments Few,
Taken For Granted, Written As Rules?

Does Any One Of You Know, Tell Me,
Please,
What Sort Of Unfitting Puzzle,
What Sort Of Incurable Disease?

Hits You From The Inside, Burns You Right,
Never Thought It Would Bite.

Yet Here I Am, Called Out From Slumber,
Thought It Was Me,
Missed My Number.

A Moment Stolen,
So Apologies,
These Eyes Are Swollen,
Damn This Pathology.

You Fought Hard,
No One Ever Doubted,
Nor Would Have Guessed,
How Long, Astounding!

Seventeen Birthday Candles Later,
It Became Time To See Your Creator,
A Moment Gone, Felt Like An Hour,
Through The Hourglass, Drained, Your Power.

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And Memories A Flutter!
You're Running Fast!
You're Chasing Near,
I Don't Want You To Suffer!
It Hurts, Blast!
See You In Another Year!
Another Lifetime, Donatto, Breathe!
Your Last Breath, I'm Near!
A Place Reserved In This Heart, Underneath...

My Turn For A Poem,
I Know The Feeling-- 
Broken.

Held Your Paw One Last Time,
Felt Z Screaming,
Missed Time,
Amidst The Chaos H Reading,
The Door's Unlocked,
The Library Open,
Together Again,
A Family In One Moment.

I Bid You Farewell,
Our Friend, Our Partner, Our Dog, Our Armor.

Welcoming Z's Departure,
Amidst The Changes Yours Was Brutal,
A Lot More To Go, Farther,
To Fight This Change, Futile.

And Now Here We Are,
Four Months Went By,
Still Remains, The Scar,
For We Never Were Really Good...

At Good-Bye.

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