I Sat Beside A Dying Deer

I sat beside a dying deer
Whose breaths were weak
And heartbeat slowed

For no creature should be alone
In their time of need.

It could not speak
But it’s eyes were begging

It could not run
But it’s mind was racing

For it’s life had been cut short
In an instant
By a car long gone,
Driven by a man
Too inhuman to have considered
Stopping

And I learned in that moment
That helplessness
Is not a sigularity

For those in despair
Can bleed
Into those
Who care

So as I sat beside a dying deer

I couldn’t shake the feeling
That this is what my loved ones felt
When they sat with me
In my darker days

For no creature should be alone
In their time of need