 Purred: Fri May 29, '09 5:40pm PST |
 | |  | | I just stood there on the porch watching Wilson drive my waving Morty away.
I watched until I couldn't see them anymore.
I contemplated going to the barn to see if Nuk wanted to go inside with me But then I thought that he probably wanted to work some more on his *art." He would come in when *he* wanted to - My brother the Artiste!
While part of me was giddy and just bursting to tell the world of my fantastic evening, another part of me wasn't really in the mood for talking just yet either.
In a tumble of contradictory emotions I put my paw on the door knob and said a silent little prayer that Sweets wouldn't be waiting just inside the foyer to ambush and interrogate me.
I opened the door, stepped inside and scanned around for movement. Everything was still and quiet.
I sighed and closed the door. I leaned my shoulder against the wood of the door, pressing my cheek to it recalling and invoking how MAK and I had been pressed cheek to cheek at the end of the movie.
His words "...for us...everything is a new beginning...not an end!"
echoed in my mind. I felt my mouth smile even as my heart felt heavy.
I touched my hand to my cheek where he had kissed me goodnight. I closed my eyes and recalled how tender I felt at that moment.
Even now it seemed that my cheek where he kissed me felt warm.
I made a silent promise that I would not wash my cheek ever again!
I wondered to myself if Wilson and MAK had made it back home yet, and if Morty would be in the sky shining his lantern down for me.
I made my way to the long living room window and took up what has been my nightly perch. Sitting there on the windowsill I turned my eyes to the sky to see that one particular star shone much brighter than all the others.
I bit my lip to keep myself from crying...
Oh my sweet, handsome, clever, sensitive, angel kitty Morty!
Morty's parting words to me repeated themselves over in my mind
"Don't worry Gabby...I will be right up there"
*and then he pointed up into the sky
"If there is anything that you need or want...just call out and I will be right here!"
I covered my heart with my left paw and spoke to the shining star that was MAK and his lantern.
"And you don't worry Morty... I will be right here" and I tapped my chest with my paw toes.
"If there is anything that you need or want...you know just where to find me, I will be right here" and with my right paw I made a sweeping motion over and around myself.
I smiled to myself to remember MAK's thoughtful gift of butterflies and wondered where they had all flown off to.
"Oh MAK" I sighed... "I will always now think of you whenever and wherever I see a butterfly.
I closed my eyes to recall how comfortable and easy MAK was to talk to. I could still hear the melodic tones of his voice. The light music that is his laughter.
I giggled when the image of us stuffing our mouths full of bon bons and still trying to talk replayed behind my closed eyes.
My heart beat in triple time to remember how handsome he looked when he first picked me up tonight and how I thought he could never look more handsome than that moment.
Only to find that he could!
Oh when he took off his cap and I was stealing little glances at his handsome profile.
*Sigh*
I have never been in love...
Is that what this giddy, dreamy, butterfly-full, bittersweet, heart beating like a drum, feeling is?
I pressed my paw to the window glass, focused my eyes on the sky and again spoke to MAK and his lantern.
"If I have fallen in love then I think I do not ever want to fall out"
"Thank you MAK for a most wonderful night, may it be as you said "not an ending, but only beginning."Edited by author Fri May 29, '09 6:21pm PST
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