Grief: the traditional gesture of upraised arms

Sorrow and grief. The Tree raises its arms lamenting the loss of a limb. A weakness in its structure or illness. So in the fullness of its glory, the rich colors of fall, signal the transition to winter and the coldness of death. So too is my dog Aesop moving into that next stage. Melanoma, blackness and nothingness. May his life be spared for one more year at least.