To My Cat

Dear cat, I found another cat Don’t be jealous now I love it so Because it looks like you Only younger Like you were When you first came home. I don’t know if it’s a he or a she But it’s a playful little thing It has a grey mummy Who takes care of it Who bites it when they play And licks the dirt Out of its fur It is trustful It comes under my armpit When I write in bed Or crawls on anyone’s lap And sleeps When it’s cold outside Unlike you It never sleeps alone Never seeks its own space Never wants to cuddle alone With no one close to it Maybe it learnt to trust Unlike you do Because it has the kind of mother That you never had. You grew up independent Looking after your own back Coming to the house Only when hungry Or when you wanted to sleep in peace Maybe they took you away from your family Too early Why you never even play With your twin sister You’re suspicious of your own mother Every time she passes by You shriek And your father That cat blacker than the night You’re always fighting him I hear you most nights Then I see blood on you nose In the morning Or a patch of fur missing And claw scars in their place If you were human Yours would be called A dysfunctional family I hope I have treated you well All the days you’ve been my pet I hope you had a little taste Of what your mother Didn’t give you I miss you plenty When I come back- if I come back Will you remember me? Will you remember I left? And feel I neglected you I am only human, More than that I never stick around And move around I must Sometimes I come back This time I may not I hope they take care of you Give you food To be stronger against your daddy I hope they hive you space To be the independent cat you are And I I will remain with memories When I meet other cats Like the kitten I have now Cats with White with black patches Over their eyes Who look a lot like you Or better still I‘ll just look at your photo The one I put on facebook And when I miss you real bad I only have to look.