Zen: Fighting the CALIFORNIA Fires...into the Light

A TRIBUTE TO ZEN...

 Song for my late Siamese cat Zen

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[Verse 1]Fifteen years of silence and grace

Those blue Siamese eyes and your ancient faceYou were my rock when the fires came downTwice we ran, but you never made a soundSo Zen, so still, while the world burned redJust you and me and the road ahead

[Chorus]Against all odds, you held me hereThrough cardiac walls and the darkest fearTen days apart — you fell apart for me                                        Soulmates with paws, you were all I'd needMy feline heart, my fortress, my flameAnd the sound of silence still carries your name

[Verse 2]You loved that shepherd like he was your ownTwo strays in a pack we called homeJune eleventh, '23 -- cardiac arrest, ten days goneYou fell apart for me --held on, held onA year went by--your gentle exit, my ER nightBroken Heart Syndrome -- but you taught me Zen — I came back to fight

[Chorus]Against all odds, you held me hereThrough cardiac walls and the darkest fearTen days apart — you fell apart for meSoulmates with paws, you were all I'd needMy feline heart, my fortress, my flameAnd the sound of silence still carries your name

[Bridge]

Now orange sunrise walks through my doorA new Zen spirit on a different shoreYou signed off on him — I felt you say*Go live, Cal. Go live.*

[Final Chorus]Against all odds, I'm standing hereLiving loud and breathing clearFifteen years you were all I'd needSoulmates with paws — you're still part of meMy feline heart, my fortress, my flameThe sound of silence still sings your name

THE STORY BEHIND THE LYRICS OF "A SONG FOR MY LATE SIAMESE CAT ZEN"...This is a gift song inspired by my Zen, from the Afterlife. Today, June 11, is the day I died three years ago; but I bounced back like a feline with nine lives. We are still bonded. It is uncanny how this heartfelt song came to me on my celebrating life anniversary. A sign from the Universe. We are all connected. We are one. 

[This gift song will not be used anywhere except on this blog post and social media to keep Zen next to me and my heartbeat. Also, the night he let me know it was time to go (one year after I was hit with a cardiac adventure) I suffered from Broken Heart Syndrome and ended up in ER.  And he made his exit gracefully. I survived. But Zen left a void in my heart; he finally approved my orange cat Gatsby; Interviewee 202. Chase some mice for me, Zen. Baby Blue Eyes.]