Sunday, June 04, 2006

**Like the Wind**

All hail the unseen force we fear and hate. All acknowledge the presence of the invisible entity we have named Death. For he may claim your very life this instant.

Or in some cases, your pet's life. The one you love so dearly. The one that has become so much a part of your life.

Like me, there are three people I know who have lost their pets to Death. All these losses happened within a short time frame, as if they were... predetermined to die in turns. As I have mentioned to a friend while I was chatting with her, this is the year of Dying Pets.

If you have a pet, keep it close. Satisfy it with heaps food like there's no tomorrow. Snuggle with it under the covers for once. Let it out of the house, on a leash if you must, now and then. Immortalize it with the not-so recent advent of the digital camera.

Hail Death. Your presence is felt, but you are not seen. What is seen is what you have done. You leave anger and grief in your wake. We mortals are powerless against you. There is no holding you back.

I hate you Death. But I respect you.

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