Poetry of a Poet

| This Is Not The End |

THIS IS NOT THE END

"This is not the end, this is the beginning."

As I close my eyes for what I thought to be the end of my life,

The war I have left behind continues to be a strife.

When the blue orbs open once more,

I am here, my spirit, at it's core.

I come to many welcoming paws, greeting lost family.

I find myself wondering if this is sanity.

Then I remember my death and I cringe.

My sadness comes back, my heart snapping at the hinge.

Just when I thought my life wasn't complete,

what I had just heard, the surprise could never compete.

A second chance with life?

A new beginning, a new body, one that can walk without a limp?

I find myself smiling, my fur unkempt.

Many sacrifices will be made,

but at the same time, I feel saved.

From the ashes this Cinder has risen.

For this is not the end, this is merely the beginning.