Love: The Complete Package

Ollie is at the vet

and all I can see are the

spaces where he is not.

And my heart and mind dip a toe

and then a body into that

empty space,

Knowing it is an eventuality,

if not today or tomorrow,

Someday.

And, I realize when you

Love deeply

with a full heart,

You get the complete package.

The one that opens you up

and tears you apart,

Because you signed up and

signed on to be a vehicle

for it

All.