There Is a Brighter Side

We wandered beside the hills happily My daughter was very glad to see Lambs grazing golden grass A few looking at us One of them became friends with Emily The wool in its neck she cuddled fondly You are, she said, my Goldie They walked by the green road Looked on a big eyed toad From my flask I poured a cup of tea From nowhere a van turned up speedily Just in front of Emily and Goldie Right then a small black cat Before the van it sat A huge sound of a brake shattered our glee The black cat sat in the middle of the road From the motor van rolled out a brown gourd The black cat looked at it As if saying bullshit It caressed the lamb in a pink mode Emily was now with two true friends She watched how a black cat with a lamb blends They now sat on a mat The cat snatched at her hat What seems impossible love transcends Emily brought home the black cat In a week's time the saviour grew fat Needed a nice comrade Would play with her long braid When tired would take rest in a basket A neighbour's brown cat would sometime come Both would then pass their time handsome Emily would join them I would write a poem Or in delight a Spanish guitar strum The black cat was by now a friend with all One day it got injured in a brawl Visited the kind vet He pronounced it was dead Many waves thus rise to suddenly fall In the garden near the haystack The cat was buried wrapped in a silken sac As the spring came to a close Arrived there a dark black rose The black cat said, look, I have come back This way many a black cat delights us Some we see some in unconscious Comes and goes the black rose Life doesn't come to a close Van Gogh always keeps painting on canvas _______________________________________________ January 23, 2018 There is a Bright Side Poetry Contest Prompt: Picture 2 Aww ... You're not bad luck Sponsored by: Eve Roper