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and so another year has come, i turned 49 last month
seems the same as any other day
the cat that i started feeding after my cat died
had kittens, they were getting bigger and bigger
teen aged kittens in cat years
today the grey kitten was hit and killed by a car
and i decided to pick her little body up from the street
and put her in a box and gave her some pets, since i never
was able to touch or pet them before because they were
very cautious/skittish kittens...she has a sibling
i found it weird that that happened because
she never even went beyond the front of my car,
let alone into the street, was so strange
they lived across the alley from me which is why
they would always play in my backyard and came from
the neighbor's yard across the alley
it broke me up inside though
after i buried her in the backyard and came back
inside is when the memories of her hit me
memories of all the cats i've ever had that died
memories of people i've known that have died
it slapped me with a deep sense of loneliness
i will miss this little kitten, was always nice
to look in the backyard and see her playing with her sibling
they'd play in the backyard after eating
yesterday they were playing more so than normal
i got a bit of joy from watching them play
now i cant help but think if her sibling and other cat friends
will miss her too and wander around searching for her
there's about 5 or so that come regularly to eat here
i'm glad that the kitten wasn't mangled or bleeding
when i got her up from the street and held her
limp little body no breathing whatsoever
her eyes were even starting to dry out
after i put her in a box, after like 30 minutes of petting her
and saying my goodbyes did i start to notice blood
seeping through her nose.
cant help but to be reminded that this death of the kitten is
yet another loss in my life
loss is basically all i know, from friends, to love, to kitties
i'm absent any thoughts outside of grief, sadness, loneliness
no one to vent to really, but also i don't want to burden anyone
i've been a burden most of my life as it is
always dreamed of someone that understood me
now i'm an old man...just under a year till i'll be 50
half a century...and here i am weeping over a cat i didn't even know
weeping over nearly half a century of damage.....of loss
i can't help but wonder how connected loss is to failure
i miss that cute little kitten, i missed seeing her play
in the backyard after eating
my grief is deep, and sorrow overwhelms
i'd rather be dreaming of meadows of other realms
i'd jump in the air like my little kitten friend
to escape the reality of her bitter end
to reunite with her and play in dreams
but alas i'm always stuck in reality it seems.
so my tears well up and fall from my face
into the pools of emotions that fill up my minds space
i'm sorry my little kitten friend, that i didn't get to keep you,
to know you and keep you safe till the end.
and as another midnight passes
i can't help but think about my little kitten friend
and wonder if i would have ever been able to become her
friend and bring her into the house and give her a good life
sadly i'll never know......and it makes me sad and lonely.