To the plants I downsized,
To the ducks I won’t feed again,
The cats I won’t spot,
And the laundry I forgot.

The small dogs who will never know,
Why I had to leave,
Will haunt me the most,
Along with the ghosts.

Scenes of hopes never realized,
Fears faced and never met
Seas wept, tigers tamed,
And counters stained.