A Gentle Soul my Boris Softpaws loving-kindness lights him in all he does for every moment of his life and now for every moment in honour of him.
I did not know what it was to cherish or be cherished until my Beloved Boris entered my life. I am grateful to God for gracing me with the gift of my Boris but oh so short a time!
Yes Boris is beautiful – a truly elegant being (but unpretentious)long and tall in black velvet tuxedo with the softest white paws white ruff white cheeks and delicate pink nose. His eyes shone and sparkled.
He would come up beside me and breathe in my breath press his head against my face and lie down beside me. I would drink him in and hold him both arms wrapped softly around him as if to never let him go. He played in the spirit of innocence – as if all were new. He communed with my soul. I gave him everything I could. And I could not have Loved him more.
We thought he had asthma the x-rays solemnly showed cancer. He did not suffer. He died in my arms as I spoke to him “Oh Boris I Love you. You are my sweetest boy.” After he died I picked him up and held him to close to me. And a faint smile touched my lips as I hugged him. He did not like to be picked up and held because it frightened him. But he wasn’t afraid to be lifted up; what better place to be – as he left my embrace than to be enveloped by Divine Love.
He is buried at home in the front yard where I can speak to him and see him each day. His place is set off by wild black-eyed-Susans and a lantern in which a candle is lit at night offering a soft soothing glow.
It is not a grave or a memorial because I know my Boris is not there. It is a serene place to pray to celebrate the life and Love of my Beloved Boris.
My heart is broken for I have lost my True Love my soul is weary for I have lost my Soulmate. But the depth of sorrow is equal to the depth of Love and I can not would not give up one moment of it.
Good Journey my Borvey. May you be cradled in Divine Love. God Bless your Sweet Gentle Soul.
With all my Love for all of Time.
Alice
| Boris Softpaws |
| 30, June 2001 |
| Alice |