How do you learn to say goodbye?

The weight of her years now hang heavily on Eulogy and the thin, frail old woman knows her time on this earth grows short. When she sleeps, she sees dead family members, all smiles and love as her body slowly begins the process of transitioning. Yet, as tired as she is, the woman cannot cross into the afterlife because she has work left to do. The shuffling of paws draws her from the stupor of a twilight world where she had been not quite asleep but not truly awake either.

Gummy eyelids slowly open, her vision blurred and unfocused as she blinks the world into existence. The healers have propped her body up, allowing her comfort and the ability to see the door of her den without moving. There, framed in the doorway with tears staining her cheeks is her sweet daughter Gloom. Death is never easy for those left behind and she lets out a soft whine of sadness as she beckons her daughter toward her. Uncurling her limbs, it is obvious that the dying woman wishes her daughter one more time.

As Gloom decides what to do, the woman’s weak voice softly says, “I am so sorry baby. I wish I could live forever.” Tears form in her eyes as regret wells in her chest because, while is at peace with the fact that she has to leave, it hurts that this will be painful for her beautiful children that must stay behind.


"Eulogy Destruction"