Unconditional Love

Goodnight, I love you 

then I put you outside of my bedroom door

If only I had known you were leaving my world 

Would I have let you stay to claw up my headboard 

I see you often, still 

Out of the corner of my eye 

I hear you, still 

Yelling to me for attention 

I feel you, still 

Your small body curled against my own 

The thing about animals is they’ll give you unconditional love 

Even after death 

You’ll always feel them 

Still keeping you safe

Still sprawled out in their place. 

Goodnight, I love you. 

-Pugsley, 2023-2024