My little Moon has left this world because of acute kidney failure.
She was once a stray orange cat, living her life freely under the open sky.
In the end, the rescue scene was too cruel to bear, and it left me drowning in guilt.
Why didn't I notice her symptoms sooner? I cried until I could hardly breathe, as if my heart had been torn wide open.
My sweet little one, will you forgive Mama for bringing you into an unfamiliar place at the very end?
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A Poem for Moon

My little Moon has slipped away,
kidney’s tide has pulled you astray.

Once a stray beneath the sky,
free as the winds that whispered by.

The final scene—too harsh, too grim,
I drown in guilt that will not dim.

Why was I blind, why did I fail,
my cries now ride on sorrow’s gale.

Sweet little one, forgive me, please—
Mama’s heart will never know peace.