A CAT'S LIFE
(BY: TED GAGNE, DVM)
WHEN YOU FIRST FOUND ME, I HEARD YOU SAY,
“LITTLE KITTY, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR WAY”.
MY EYES SAID YES, AND I GUESS I KNEW,
JUST EXACTLY YOU WOULD DO.
YOU REACHED FOR ME, AS I TRIED TO DISCOVER,
SHOULD I TAKE A CHANCE, OR RUN FOR COVER.
BUT TIRED AND HUNGRY, AND SADLY ALONE,
I WAS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF A FRIENDLY HOME.
YOUR HANDS SPOKE OF KINDNESS, AND SAFETY TOO,
AND ASKED THAT I PUT MY TRUST IN YOU.
YOU CARRIED ME IN, AND BEFORE PEAKING FROM AFAR,
BROUGHT ME WARM MILK AND TUNA NAMED STAR.
YOU HOPED I’D STAY, AND THAT I DID,
BUT BEHIND THE SOFA, I USUALLY HID.
THE DAYS PASSED ON, BUT NOT MY DESPAIR,
UNTIL WE SHARED YOUR FAVORITE CHAIR.
HOW HAPPY YOU WERE WHEN I SAW FIT,
TO FINALLY, WITH YOU, ENJOY A SIT.
YOU STROKED MY HEAD, AND COMBED MY FUR,
AND I GAVE THANKS WITH A NEWFOUND PURR.
FROM THAT DAY, THERE WAS NO DOUBT,
WE BOTH KNEW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
LOVE AND JOY, WITH TRUST WERE THERE,
AND YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE BEST OF CARE.
I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I CARED,
FOR YOU AND THE LIFE WE DAILY SHARED.
NO MORE OF YOU COULD I EXPECT OR ASK,
BUT SADLY, FOR YOU, THERE’S ONE MORE TASK.
BECAUSE THE DAY WILL COME WHEN WE MUST PART,
A TIME I KNOW WILL BREAK YOUR HEART.
IF I COULD, I’D HELP YOU DECIDE,
BUT YOUR LOVE FOR ME WILL BE YOUR GUIDE.
PLEASE DON’T LET ME LINGER, WHEN MY TIME HAS COME,
AND THERE’S NOTHING MORE THAT CAN BE DONE.
LET ME GO TO MY FINAL REST,
KNOWING, AS ALWAYS, YOU’VE DONE YOUR BEST.
GO WITH FOND MEMORIES OF WHEN I FIRST HEARD YOU SAY – “LITTLE KITTY, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR WAY”.
(BY: TED GAGNE, DVM)
WHEN YOU FIRST FOUND ME, I HEARD YOU SAY,
“LITTLE KITTY, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR WAY”.
MY EYES SAID YES, AND I GUESS I KNEW,
JUST EXACTLY YOU WOULD DO.
YOU REACHED FOR ME, AS I TRIED TO DISCOVER,
SHOULD I TAKE A CHANCE, OR RUN FOR COVER.
BUT TIRED AND HUNGRY, AND SADLY ALONE,
I WAS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF A FRIENDLY HOME.
YOUR HANDS SPOKE OF KINDNESS, AND SAFETY TOO,
AND ASKED THAT I PUT MY TRUST IN YOU.
YOU CARRIED ME IN, AND BEFORE PEAKING FROM AFAR,
BROUGHT ME WARM MILK AND TUNA NAMED STAR.
YOU HOPED I’D STAY, AND THAT I DID,
BUT BEHIND THE SOFA, I USUALLY HID.
THE DAYS PASSED ON, BUT NOT MY DESPAIR,
UNTIL WE SHARED YOUR FAVORITE CHAIR.
HOW HAPPY YOU WERE WHEN I SAW FIT,
TO FINALLY, WITH YOU, ENJOY A SIT.
YOU STROKED MY HEAD, AND COMBED MY FUR,
AND I GAVE THANKS WITH A NEWFOUND PURR.
FROM THAT DAY, THERE WAS NO DOUBT,
WE BOTH KNEW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
LOVE AND JOY, WITH TRUST WERE THERE,
AND YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE BEST OF CARE.
I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I CARED,
FOR YOU AND THE LIFE WE DAILY SHARED.
NO MORE OF YOU COULD I EXPECT OR ASK,
BUT SADLY, FOR YOU, THERE’S ONE MORE TASK.
BECAUSE THE DAY WILL COME WHEN WE MUST PART,
A TIME I KNOW WILL BREAK YOUR HEART.
IF I COULD, I’D HELP YOU DECIDE,
BUT YOUR LOVE FOR ME WILL BE YOUR GUIDE.
PLEASE DON’T LET ME LINGER, WHEN MY TIME HAS COME,
AND THERE’S NOTHING MORE THAT CAN BE DONE.
LET ME GO TO MY FINAL REST,
KNOWING, AS ALWAYS, YOU’VE DONE YOUR BEST.
GO WITH FOND MEMORIES OF WHEN I FIRST HEARD YOU SAY – “LITTLE KITTY, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR WAY”.