2/14/21……………………………………………………………………………....#Lowe’s Lizard

Lowes Lizard 2/14/21

One palm after another, I lifted, each branch would scrape and poke my face as I bent up and down shifting from one side to the other to take each pot off of the wooden pallet and set them onto the floor.

Finally, I was done, at around elven in the morning, as I looked down at the almost empty pallet (that is to say it should have been completely empty) except for it wasn’t quite cleared yet.

I saw you and stopped the tears before they could escape because I was sure that you had to be dead, or very near it.

I lifted the pallet and let it drop to find that you were stunned and cold ; but a l i v e .

Being the empath and animal lover has put me in situations like this before but I’ve never stopped myself, I am not about to stop now.

I rescued you, this miniscule reptile of six centimeters long, kept you safe and warm as best I could until I could care for you and take you home.

Funny that a lizard like you would find yourself in the Midwest at a time like this, the biggest snow storm we’ve had since 2013 (many areas got three feet of snow and maybe even more, the coldest it has been all year and yet there you were).

At the end of my shift I took you home, I spent too much money very quickly to make sure you were in the correct environment; I’ve never cared for a reptile before.

I had a few people to go to and I am thankful for that, but despite their expert advice and opinions I couldn’t shake the feeling that you would escape or die in the night.

It hasn’t happened yet, but I’ve only been caring for you for what? A week?

Isn’t it strange how the world works? I’ve been wanting a lizard for quite some time, but my mother would never allow it in her home. Well, I texted her before heading home because I knew it was better to give her a warning rather than appear with a lizard in my hands and a tank waiting at the front door.

I brought you in and set up the heat lamp and tank, I searched and asked and searched again because I wanted to get it right and keep you safe, keep you alive despite all of the things going on in the world and happening around me.

My parental instincts kicked in and all I knew was that it was my new mission and purpose to protect you and make sure that you were happy and safe. Through countless experiences like this I have learned that I have a fatal flaw.

This urgent obligation to rescue something that is in need over my own well being it is just the one thing that I can’t stop.

Were you a valentine's day gift from the earth?

Because this feels like love to me.