'though time was brief
your presence lingers; your memory stays
in the warmth of my hand,
where i brushed you off my fingers
in the softest light of fading days,
unconditional, unexpected, true,
grief may weigh, but love won’t bend
a love unplanned,
in fur and bones
you have brought us so much joy
yet in the silence,
sometimes i would hear your bell
as you walked by