| To Cats I Have Loved You came to me alone, unwanted, and asked, "Will you give me food and shelter and a little love?" I took you in and gave you food and shelter and a little love and you repaid me in ways far too numerous to mention. When I was ill you lay beside me, your comforting arms around my neck, your purr soft against my throat. When I cried you touched my face with a tentative paw and curled up warm and soft against my chest. You kept me company in the garden and at my chores and on the long, lonely nights. You greeted me at the door with sparkling eyes and deep rumblings. All of this for food and shelter and a little love. When it came time for you to leave you felt my anguish. No hymns were sung for you, nor haunting bagpipes played. No obituary written, nor eulogy read. No priest prayed, and you had no satin-lined coffin heaped with flowered wreaths. When I think of you from time to time I cry a little.. or smile. You were my friend. You taught me how to open my heart and now I know that I must always have cats in my life. Not to replace you.....nothing could replace you... But to pass on to others this gift you gave me..so that a new generation of fur friends, and more generations to come, will have you to thank for food and shelter and a little love. |
| Furkid Chronicles 13 |
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