Kitty

I am pretty sad today. I found out that our cat named Kitty has died. I guess maybe talking a little about might make me feel better so I guess I will try to remember the good things and annoying things she used to do. You would think me being the big bed Paramedic I am LOL. I would not be so hurt. But Kitty was my first pet and my friend. I adopted Kitty from the pound when she was just a baby. I always wanted a pet and never truly liked cats but I lived in an apartment and hadn't much choice so off I went to the shelter to find a friend. I looked at all the kittens and none really stood out to me. I went to the front and asked if they had any more. The lady told me she actually did and it was a baby girl that she cared for in her home and would just about ready to be adopted. She said her name was Rocky. I met Kitty and at once I knew she was the one for me and so I adopted her and took her home. I always wanted a snuggly pet and it's funny because Kitty just wasn't a snuggler :) I accepted it. Kitty and me had a love/hate relationship form the beginning. She shed everywhere, she clawed my new chair, she ruined countless screens but even though I still loved her. We moved a few times with Kitty and every time she just accepted the new location. She never really complained and never ran away. She knew we were her family. We also had a bearded dragon for awhile and a funny kinda traumatizing story happened one day when kitty tried to get the dragon. I caught her a yelled and she jumped up the screen and then the screen fell off. Kitty fell 2 stories and landed in a bush. She was okay. It was one of the only night she slept in her cat bed. We lived in places I worried about her getting hit by a car but it never happened. We worried about her getting in someones car and them accidently taking her away but that to never happened. The last time Kitty was missing was for about 24 hour and I found her in my car. She had even tried to claw her way out......the claw marks still remain. Well recently since we have moved Kitty has not done to much. She has matured from the scratching and had become a real devoted companion. We even took her to audition for the meow mix cat show. I could say her name 50 times and she always replied with a raspy little "meow". She rarely went outside and when she did it was either in the garage or on the porch. Which is why I am soo saddened with the way she died. Our neighbor and a coworker of mine found her in his yard. She was obviously attacked by what was probably a coyote. Not much was left. I don't even know where her collar is.....I miss her soo much. I found a couple poems i thought might make me feel a little better.

Last Night

I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.

I could see that you were crying, You found it hard to sleep.

I meowed to you softly as you brushed away a tear,

"It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."

I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea,

You were thinking of the many times, your hands reached down to me.

I was with you at the shops today, Your arms were getting sore.

I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.

I was with you at my grave today, You tend it with such care.

I want to re-assure you, that I'm not lying there.

I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key.

I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said " it's me."

You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.

I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there.

It's possible for me, to be so near you everyday.

To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."

You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew...

In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.

The day is over... I smile and watch you yawning

and say "good-night, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."

And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,

I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand, side by side.

I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.

Be patient, live your journey out...then come home to be with me.

To Love Again

Oh what unhappy twist of fate

Has brought you homeless to my gate,

The gate where once another stood

To beg for shelter warmth and food?


For from that day I ceased to be

The master of my destiny,

While she, with purr and velvet paw

Became within my house the law.


She scratched the furniture and shed

And claimed the middle of my bed,

She ruled in arrogance and pride

And broke my heart the day she died.


So if you really think, oh cat

I'd willingly relive all that,

Because you come forlorn and thin

Well don't just stand there - come on in!
I will always love and miss my Kitty Precious Rip-July 12 2010