To My Dearest Diego
Dearest Diego
My hubby bought him together with his cousin,
Though a sum of money is needed w/c I refuse to give in,
Weighing our arguments, I see him winning,
He told me it’s worth it, so I just nodded and left him.
Then there were two ‘parrots’ colorful and lively,
My curiosity has settled in, I guess I accepted it completely.
But the genders were still unknown, that’s fine with me,
As long as it can be taught, it serves its purpose already.
Months were counting, eager to hear him say something,
Sun flower and bird seeds were consumed, new tricks were not learning.
Come on you dumb bird! The desire was there burning.
Impatient I may sound, but my curiosity is stunning!
The other bird was even fed of chili red pepper,
To quickly fire up it’s tongue as lively as it’s feather,
As said in a book, it would quickly learn better,
Like a baby learning how to walk as fast as a toddler,
Unfortunately we noticed him gradually becoming weaker,
I think it brought harm than good, and so it’s life ended bitter.
Now what’s left is our precious bird named Diego.
We took care of him, and there we’ll see where it’ll go.
For the first few weeks, we taught him to say ‘Hello’,
But decided to have fun with naughty words like a boss with a ‘Big Ego’.
And so it spoked well, playing with those words; bouncing back like an echo.
Hoooray! What a thrill, it’s like opening up a stereo.
After a year and 2 months, it did well, or so we thought?
Came hard rains, and thunder, and even chills it further fought.
Oh we kept ignoring, as if it’s normal, not knowing what it had caught?
Probably a flu? We didn’t care, neither to a veterinary we didn’t brought.
But like humans; it improved, it talked, and it moved.
But there goes another tragedy, so therefore I must conclude,
On Aug.22 of 2007, as early as
6am , clueless, we heard Diego uneasy; unruled!
Shocking! My husband caught my cat reaching him with it’s mighty grooved!
My wild cat had scratched Diego on it’s head; forever marked and tattooed.
It’s raging paws had hit him hard, we were stunned, all along I thought it was secured.
We kept on feeding, and teaching Diego as if didn’t happened,
Sick and motionless, his days were numbered; death it landed.
My heart was crushed, I went on to weep, and was really saddened,
By the idea of Diego, in the beginning; once unwanted.
Now emotionally attached, he’s part of me, he’ll not be forgotten,
In a vacant lot, he was buried; My Dearest Diego your wish has been granted.
Awwwwwww…now I’m sad na tuloy!
