I miss Tom, my handsome male cat very badly. It has been away for 5 nights now. There is not a place where we have not searched for it. My family is worried. My brother panicked. My mother praying. Father searching. Me – well, disastered. I love it very much and we share an intimate relationship with each other. Though I miss it very badly, something tells me that all is for the good.
My cat - Tom
From the time Tom and I got close, I have been thinking of this day. What will happen if something happened to Tom? How will I face it? In fact, I have thought (and prayed) several times that we should not know about Tom’s death in any case. If it has to leave us, let it run away and let us live in hope that it will return. This is because I know that Tom’s death would be earth-shattering for me and I would pass through a dry period of despair and emotional void following it. I did not want to face that. So, I presumed it is better to think it is somewhere and return some day.
Now, it has all been for the good. A loss makes you rigid. You steel yourself in some way or the other. You learn that pain is not that painful. I realize that any painful memory or loss can be overcome. You know, I tend to think when I brood over any loss – this is nothing big – I have lost my Tom, my friend has lost her parents, my aunt has lost her husband and my cousin has lost her life. Yes, everyone at some point has lost something or the other. If people say they have not lost anything, wait. They’re yet to warm up to life. Just as I have warmed up to it a little bit.
Whatever the case, I love Tom and still will miss it. Still I do hope that it will comeback today, tomorrow or some other day. And the intimacy still stays.
Update: Tom arrived, finally 
So how does Tom feel Now?? wink!! The value of person is understood only when the distance grows between them. We always take the person for granted because he/ she is by your side. Realize the importance of the the person then life would be bliss. Now that You had missed your Tom. You would love him more Isn’t it??
Very true! Maybe, that is why they talk about space in relationships. Sometimes, people need to go apart to come in full embrace. A break always nurtures than assaults. And of course, I loved Tom more after his return
Ha ha ha!! It’s just space in relationships dear not necessarily a break. It might lead to adverse effects. wink!! Whatever… No one would lose the person whom they really love. what say??