'Zoey' Poem by Pushpinder Kaur

‘Zoey'

‘Zoya' originating from Greek ‘Zoe'
means 'life';
Which, in Russian and Ukrainian
Means' Alive; '
In Urdu- 'Joyous, loving, caring';
Persian- 'Mohabbat'- 'love'.

‘Zoya', ‘Zoey'- the dedicated Pug-
which on June 6,2017
gave way to heat stroke,
Has left many hearts broke.

The connection with me,
Although, very brief
has left me stricken with grief.

More so, as the day I got a share
of her glimpse, happened to be her last!
So that in the mind's eye,
A subtle guilt makes itself aware!

Why? Why? Why?
An ardent dog-lover-
A Passionate animal fan,
Why did my view have to be the end?

Or is life a river of coincidences,
Strange and indecipherable?

Death, is reputed to
look for excuses and ways and means-
As dead-bent as remorseless as it is…

It must happen as it must-
And when…

However, the serene and composed
image of ‘Zoya', ‘Zoey'- squatting
In devotion to the ‘Havan'
shall be one of those everlasting imprints

that urge the mind to find peace
in the grappling thought
That every life is only a stage
In the longer journey

Wherein the Soul finds and figures
The avenues of its evolution-

So that ‘Death' is not the end
But the beginning…

Such is the mind's bidding.



In dedication to ‘Zoey' By: Pushpinder Kaur June 9,2017