Just An Echo

So that's what you
were all that time:
the super fat cat,
the senior member
of the dynamic duo
I created
to ease through
this brutal, repetitive life

But I wanted a mentor,
a nudger, a pointer,
a warm hand that would
pull from me the fine
thread that connects
to everything.

I wanted this but found
myself with you,
the ever aching tooth,
browbeating,
whining, nagging, pushing.

Now, all these years later,
the roots pulled
free with the offending
tooth, you squat in the darkness,
a chastised ghost.

Just an echo from far away.