Night Screams Be Still

My Dog died on Wednesday, I wasn't there to say goodbye...
It really hurt at first to realize she was gone for good...
And then it became night.
I left the house and everyone in it, they were fast asleep and the only light I left on was a candle.... For the dog who made my depression pain vanish.
I walked listening to the music I had recorded earlier that week, and realized it fit the grieving I was going through. But the night screamed be still.... listen to the silence on this full moon.
I turned off the player and listened, having stopped to sit on a swing set.
For the first time in over two years, I heard nothing.... no cars, no drunks, no shopping carts rattling full of bottles, and no people screaming, speaking, laughing, or crying.
I could breathe without having someone sharing my space and stilling my breathe away, and I could feel at rest. I was finally feeling the peace that I had been desperate to get for over two years, and it felt good. Skeena, Bright Eyes, where ever you are, I know I will never forget the silence we both were able to have on those nights at the house....
Just you and me by the fireplace.