by Scott Walkotten / (SCOTT WALKOTTEN COPYRIGHT 2002)

WHEN I GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL TODAY I HAD AN BAD FEELING LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN THE WAY. YOU WERE NOT MAKING ANY NOISE SO I WENT DOWN TO YOUR CAGE AND FOUND YOU HAD DIED. I FELL TO MY KNEE’S AND WEPT BY YOUR SIDE. AND ALL THIS TIME I AM ASKING WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO. WHEN THE CALL CAME IT WAS TARA ON THE OTHER LINE. WHEN SHE ASKED HOW I WAS DOING I TOLD NOT TO FINE. SHE ASKED WHY AND WITH TEARS IN MY EYES’S I TOLD HER YOU HAD DIED. THERE WAS A SHORT MOMENT OF REST NEITHER ONE COULD SPEAK SO I FINALLY SAID “WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH HIM.” TARA SAID ” PUT HIM IN A SHOE BOX THEN TAKE HIM AND PUT HIM IN THE BATHROOM.” SO I PUT YOUR COLD STIFF FEATHERED BODY IN A BOX AND WITH GREAT PAIN IN MY HEART I DID WHAT I HAD BEEN TOLD TO DO. SO KIKO AS I THINK OF THE GREAT JOY YOU BROUGHT TO THIS FAMILY IT IS WITH GREAT SADDNESS THAT I MUST SAY DEAR FRIEND GOODBYE.=(
LOVE, SCOTT AND FAMILY

“Goodby Dear Friend”

Dear Kiko,

I loved you so but in my heart.
I wish that I were the one to go.
Please don’t forget the time
we spent together having fun and
looking at future.
So kiko as you ascend up to heaven
please wait for me to visit you
when my time on this earth
has come to an end.

Love,

Your best friend and family,
the Walkotten’s

 

Scott Walkotten