When I was eight I fell in love at first sight with a timid puff of puppy. Yesterday that puppy got to embark on his next adventure and I'm pretty sad I'm stuck on "this unhappy planet / with all the carnivores / and the destructors of it" and without him. Gryffy has been more dedicated to fulfilling the measure of his creation than just about anyone I know and it has been my privilege to spend so much of my adolescence with him. He was always the ideal companion but he became better with every passing year.
I'm sure St. Francis will take care of Gryffy until we inevitably join him. In the meantime I'll dedicate a lil Neil Young to Gryffy since it's what I played on our drives to trailheads (and it got Gryff psyched)...
Long may you run,
Long may you run
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun,
Long may you run
All life is eternal!
Gryffindor is one life form that I'll be overjoyed to be reunited with.
