It's a sad thing

One of, well in a sense, my cats has died. He was a very special cat, always helping at meditations and very much of his own mind. His name was Troubadix, and we found him and his brother six years ago at the roadside where someone had just left them to die. A few days ago he met his end at that very roadside. Maybe you can't trick fate, eh?

Last year his brother died, Pytte, and he just wasn't the same cat after that. He was deaf see, and I think that even though he and his brother didn't always get along, they needed eachother to feel safe.

It is with great sorrow that I and my family took farewell of one of the most extraordinary cats we've ever had the pleasure of knowing. And in his honour I'm going to publish the lyrics for a song that I find appropriate, and thus probably violating something. But if I get sued for that, this really is a heartless world. I choose to believe it isn't!

Is it a kind of dream,
Floating out on the tide,
Following the river of death downstream?
Oh, is it a dream?

There's a fog along the horizon,
A strange glow in the sky.
And nobody seems to know where you go.
And what does it mean?
Oh, is it a dream?

Bright eyes,
Burning like fire.
Bright eyes,
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes.

Is it a kind of shadow,
Reaching into the night,
Wandering over the hills unseen?
Or is it a dream?

There's a high wind in the trees,
A cold sound in the air.
And nobody ever knows when you go.
And where do you start,
Oh, into the dark?

Bright eyes,
Burning like fire.
Bright eyes,
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes.

Bright eyes,
Burning like fire.
Bright eyes,
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes. (Lyrics by Art Garfunkle)

We love you Troubadix, you went first into the great mystery. Let's hope we can meet again some day…

--- May your Gods and Goddesses care for you! ---

/ | \ Taran MacDuir