You Walked Away

We lost a good friend on the Homestead last week.  I have been trying to think of how to honor a cat.  Missy has been in our lives for 19 years.  She has been an outside cat all of those years. 

She has been on many adventures with our family.  A few years back, she rode to town in the engine of my husband's truck.  After spending a few days roaming around town, she ended up on the back porch of a former neighbor's house.  We were so happy to have her back with us.

To honor our dear friend, please enjoy this poem written in her honor.

You Just Walked Away

By Sherone Taylor

 

You just walked away

No notice, no words

Orange tail twitching.

 

A splotch of white

In a field somewhere

Under a fallen limb?

 

No noise to tell us

You might need help

With your dying.

 

Nearly twenty years

You meowed “NOW!

Feed Me Now!”

 

Today, you walked away

No notice, no words

To save our sorrow.