The way that you came to me was so strange like we were
meant to be together.
When Timmy got off work and went to his car you were there
sitting by his front tire – just a little baby kitty not more than
a few months old. He moved you got in his car and went on his way.
The next day when he went to his car (parked in a different place) there
you were again; again he moved you and went on his way.
The third day you were there again by his car when he was
leaving work. This time he took you and put you in his car.
He knew I loved kitties
(even though we were not allowed to have them at our apartment)
he figured that if I didn’t want you then he would just put you back
where he found you. He kept you in his car and told me that
he had a kitty for me.
I said “a picture of a kitty,” and he said “no he’s real.”
I immediately fell in love with you when I saw you;
you were was so sweet.
The poor little thing was a little alley kitty – all dirty skinny
and crawling with fleas. I brought him in the house went to the
store and bought some cat food litter and a toy.
When I woke up the next morning he had cleaned himself all up
and had eaten – he looked so much better.
For the next 17 years we were together.
Since he was a little kitten he used to sleep in bed
with me every night.
The last few months of his life when he got sick he
wouldn’t sleep in bed – he used to hide – sleep in secluded places.
I missed him not sleeping with me but at least I knew he was
still alive and in the house.
After he was gone the little end table under which he
slept was empty.
The house was so empty without him;
it was unbearable.
I waited five days went to a pet shop and got another kitty.
The new kitty helped – the house wasn’t empty – but he
wasn’t my kitty; I still grieved and am still grieving.
Five months later I went to the pound and got another kitty.
The house isn’t empty I love my two kitties but they
are not the kitty I lost.
What keeps me going is that I am hoping that one day
my little kitty (his soul) will somehow come back to me.
Whether there is such a thing as that I do not know.
Maybe not in this lifetime but I have to believe that one day
we will be together again.
He was so special and can never be replaced.
Gina