Compassion for all

Can we collaborate on making this a bug-free zone?

What makes you stop and think for what seems like an eternity

when you are upside down on my ceiling?

Did you ever get bullied for being cold-blooded?

Oh hey! You share the same birthday as my aunt.

I can discern some similarities between you two.

Would you like some leftover mosquitoes from tonight’s kill?

I see that you like traversing these walls surreptitiously.

I implore you to not startle me without notice.

Can you smell this cockroach with your tongue?

Your sister is napping in my bathroom.

I am not hurting you, I am taking you to a safe space.

I like your complexion, very robust, very chic.

Please don’t glide into my blanket without permission.

I’ll admit, you get better at hiding with every passing day.

What is it that you hide from? Responsibilities? Family? Death?

You may continue to explore these spaces if you don’t go absent without leave.

I am sorry for your demise. There is no doubt that you had some

irreplaceable memories with your tail tip.

If its any consolation, you seem to be balancing life very well in its absence.