Crumbs

By Elizabeth Benson

Before this life

My heart

A kingdom of stone

Cut asunder by

A four legged harvest

Before unknown

Vibrating to the pulse of

Happenstance

Emancipating the breath of

My soul

Breathing into me

The best of myself

Yet to come

That which I would now

Fail to exhale without

A ferocious type of dedication

Beyond love if I may

Rotating back to the

Origin of time

Virgin

Before human maulers

As one by one

They go before me

Folding into memory

The land where all my losses sleep

Amidst a blush of hope

That one day we shall meet

Again

In the space where humans

Cannot peep

The intimacy of silence

Awash in a slow rush of love

So deep

Loving ferociously

This heart that cranks

With their heat

Leaving no

Unlived life

Or crumbs

At my feet

Dr. Benson started Paws into Grace in 2007. She wanted to give pets and their parents a beautiful last encounter that didn't have to be in an unfamiliar office where pets were often frightened. The empathy she shows each family creates a lasting impression on them. In her free time, Dr. Benson enjoys running and spending time with her family, dogs, cats, and chickens.

  

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