by Donna Ploss
Marina Mar
4/18/99-11/28/01
M-is for Marina Mar, I've loved her from the start.
A-is for the Awareness that she quickly won my heart.
R-is for Remarkable that she even did survive.
I-is for Intelligence, she was so excited to be alive.
N-is for the Nearness of her head upon my chest.
A-is for her Awesome purrs when she would be at rest.
M-is for the Memories, that I have and I hold dear.
A-is for her Absence, for she is no longer here.
R-is for Remembering my little butterfly
now released from all her pain,
she dances cross the sky.
- Mary Anne Miller-
11/29/01