Hemlocked Heart

In the end you knew
All had passed for you
A wisdom of your own
A heart made from bone

In the end you called
Into the loving night
To sounds we’ve never heard
To meaning without words

In the end you stretched
A day into a week
And sat at rivers edge
Before jumping in the steam

In the end we sat
Downstream from your parting
And felt the world change
Goodbye, my feline darling.