Dejected and desolate,

I shrunk in a nook.

No help came forward,

No mate came to look.

Stripped of hope

When I lay forlorn,

I first noticed her

Through a crack in the wall.

With a hint of revolt

I proceeded to attack.

But the light in her gaze

Made me step back.

Then, she became a mate

Who visited every day,

And I took solace

That some beings actually stay.

Through manic lows

And gloomy times,

She sat with me

No whims or whines.

A spectator she was

For the whole affair.

Just listening silently

I knew she really cared.

Days turned into weeks, 

And gradually I got better.

But all through this time 

She stayed without a stutter.

Then one day

When I found love again,

I proceeded to forget

The companion in my pain.

After a period 

Of euphoric highs,

My dalliance phased off

And again, life went awry.

Back to the den

When I thought of my friend,

It dawned on me

Her long due absence

I had cruelly abandoned

The merit of the one,

Who’d steered me through

When I was almost done.

But no amount of remorse

Could reverse the depart.

Lest I can apologize

Or pour out my heart.

So as a token of respect

This small eulogy I penned,

For my most sincere companion-

The Lizard, My Friend!