about a dog!!! part 1

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guess what im a day older and wiser. I always wondered why we get wiser when we grow older and not smarter or wittier......Anyways1 this particular post is going to be about my first black lab. ZEUS who spent an unforgettable 10 days with me and my family. After which life snatched him away from us, and this I believe was the saddest day of my life. But im not going to dwell in the unlit path of grief, im going to talk about those "Ten days of bliss"........
Anyone who knows me understands my love for animals...especially dogs.Its been my childhood fantasy to own a dog. In fact this is kinda funny but my parents tell me that when they asked me whether i wanted a dog or a lil brother; i opted for the dog!!!That was 10 years ago and i still have the same feelings for dogs. I kinda have this uncanny belief that dogs are actually better than humans coz dogs dont judge us like we judge them, neither do they speak rotten about anyone or anything; theyre faithful, happy go lucky and damn intellegent. In fact dogs are the most social animals in the entire animal kingdom. oh sure theyre territorial, but who doesnt like to protect what belongs to them..........
enough of my philosophy; about ZEUS now......

3rd May 2007
The happiest day of my life. One fine evening Im coming back from tuition when i meet my mom and she tells me to go to my dads clinic. Once there i suddenly spot this black ball of fur wrapped around in a handkerchief. The first thing i thought was that someone had gotten a black ball or something. T om y disbelief i suddenly saw two beady black eyes gaze up at me with innocence oozing out of them, and a lil tail wagging itself to glory.......
We got the lil bugger when he was just a month old. Sincerely he was the most innocent bundle of happiness i had ever seen. He was like my elixir of life. I suddenly forgot all of my immature adolescent worries and spent entire days with him.........The kid just loved to play and be happy. THere was no sign of worry in his eyes, no lines of tension on his forehead; he was just the epitome of goodness...........

6th May 2007
Another normal day at school; irritating teachers, bogus discussions, topics you dont want to learn; the works. Well i came back home and opened the door and suddenly this deathly silence creot over me. Normally ZEUS would come happily and lick my feet, bark a little and wag his tail; but there was no ZEUS. My mom had this grim look on her face as she told me that ZEUS was not doing well. He had vomited out blood and his urine and motions were smelly and filled with blood. Panicked i rushed to him and cuddled him a lil. For the first minute or two the guy just looked at me with eyesthat were full of fear. it was as if life had been sucked away from him.....However in the evening he got a little better and at least started walking around a bit.
Anyways the doctor said that he had gotten a virus and would require IV and antibiotics to get well. There was a lil spark of hope when the doctor said that he was getting better. THis was on 9th May 2007.


WHY DO ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END??????


ZEUS could not deal with the virus anymore and on 12th May 2007, 6:00 AM IST we lost him. I saw ZEUS taking his last breath. He died at my bed side.........................




I had never seen death. And now that i understood how painful and unfair death was, i realised why people like to live in the moment. The entire household was grim, my mum didnt want to go do her work, my dad didnt want to go to his clinic and i, well i wanted to lock myself up in the bathroom and weep my head off. I blamed myself for his death...........
ZEUS' death didnt actually make us realise how harsh reality was, it made us realise how important it was to live. It taught us the importance of having a soul, the one thing in life money cant buy; it taught us to walk on, to accept stuff for how they are.......It taught us that you never lose anything in life....you actually get affected by every single moment in life..........everything rests somewhere, at some godforsaken location; remaining to be touched again by us..........LIFE IS FUCKING IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!



ZEUS
3rd May-12th May 2007
Rest in Peace, my friend.....Rest in Peace




Please dont give any emotional comments on this post. I dont need it. Most important of all dont feel pity for me coz i sure as hell wont like anyone to undergo the pain that i have felt.........

Signed
@g@memnon a.k.a. Abin Biswas