I am no longer capable of saving you
As I did
A small black kitten
covered in the tar of the Mediterranean
In the sands of Haifa, Israel
A cast off jewel, crying out for help
A small bag of fur and bones

You are leaving me now
Pondering the inner landscape of your pain
I can only help ease your transition
I can only assist, try to keep the worst of it
from your experience

Helpless for the first time
I watch you fade away
from the inside out
Bright eyes, smooth black fur
and cancer