Eternal Saki

[lavendertook]

To comfort me, my talented friend of singing words jan_u_wine linked me to this verse from Omar Khayyam:

And fear not lest Existence closing your
Account, and mine, should lose, or know the like no more;
The Eternal Saki from the Bowl has pour'd
Millions of Bubbles like us, and will pour.



I did not take her name name from this verse naming Khayyim's cupbearer from The Rubiyat, and was not familiar with this verse. My Saki's name comes from the Japanese name Murasaki, the first name of the writer of The Tale of Genji. The name means "lavender" which is close to lilac, because I thought Saki was a lilac-point mix siamese, until delux_vivens convinced me Saki was a torti-point siamese, like her dear Nutmeg, a variety I was not aware of. I dream my friends Saki and Delux are finding comfort in each other--I hope Nutmeg doesn't mind.



jan_u_wine followed this verse with a poem it inspired from her pen/keyboard in honor of my Saki and to soothe my heart:

A POURING



A slender moon
rides lemon-low

upon the dark brow
of the sky;

the fierce diamond
of Venus, breath-close,

morse-coding
her companionable
love.

Flame-burdened
leaves

bid scudding farewells
to the trees that of late
embraced them,

the lake-frog's
unaccountable bass
falls to silence within
a veiling of cotton'd cat-tails.

The turtles have hidden
the treasure-boxes
of themselves

inside chocolate
mud.

It is fall.

I walk here,
remembering you,

one of a million bubbles
that have poured

(that will pour!).

See,
the thing is:

you
were my bubble,

the iridescent multi-colored
dream

of my life,
the four-footed
bringer of things

I can not name,
things

that only the song
of you,

beside me,
might summon.

Float away,
now,

my friend,
gently.

I will hear your voice,
still,

and feel your touch.

Like cradling arms,
the bubble of you

surrounds me.

Eternal Saki,

pour.


My bubble.


The iridescent multi-colored dream of my life.


The four-footed bringer of things I cannot name.


Things that only the song of you beside me might summon.


I will hear your voice still, and feel your touch.


Like cradling arms, the bubble of you surrounds me. Eternal Saki.

Thank you so much for this song, Jan. It hurts so much, and your beautiful gift brings comfort.

Do not miss Jan-u-wine's beautiful Tolkien inspired book here. It's a beautiful book.

Comments

[zlabya]

your friend's poems and your photos beautifully commemmorate Saki's life and spirit.

[lavendertook]

Thank you! And thank you so much for calling this weekend--it really helped to talk with you.

I look forward to our walk on Saturday. Would noon be a good time? What works for you?

[zlabya]

I'm looking forward to our walk also! The only segment of the Utopia Film Festival I'm going to starts at noon, and ends at 2. Can we meet around 2:30? Do you want to meet right at the park?

[lavendertook]

2:30 is fine. Actually, I live right around the corner from the theater and could meet you there, or the corner where Parkway meets the Coop parking lot. There's a nice path through the woods from my building down to the lake. What film are you going to see?

[zlabya]

I'm going to see "Butterflies and Heartbreak," a story about a girl with neglectful parents who moves into a big warm foster family (and then they have troubles too) and three short films that sound interesting. They're in the ARts Center. Meeting you at 2: 30 where Parkway meets the Coop parking lot sounds great! I'll see you then. If anything comes up last minute I'll have my cell phone with me: 973-986-5682

[lavendertook]

Thanks! I'll see you there at 2:30 tomorrow.