Poezie Skitters

"A good man is concerned

for the welfare of his animals..."

(Proverb 12:10 LB)





Lord, we're sending You a cat today,

She won't take up much room;

Before she left this earth

She was as skinny as a broom.



For two decades she lived down here,

Arthritis got her knees;

But in her youth I hope You watched

Her shimmy up those trees!



I saw her running to the house

And then, for goodness sake!

I saw what dangled from her mouth:

A brownish, wriggling snake!



Each new day found her sitting there

Outside my bathroom door;

"Good morning!" ~ pat upon the head

Was all she waited for.



When she forsook the outside life

But still was young and fat,

She'd leap and run fullspeed ahead

Trying to catch Skyrat.*



But then one day, her food untouched,

She kept her head hung low;

Her grace and strength had slipped away

And left her clumsy-slow.



Her legs had trouble holding her

And she could hardly walk;

And we saw how she didn't stop

To listen when we'd talk.



The vet did not give us much hope

For our grey "flannel" cat;

And so we gave her back to You,

One shot and that was that.



Our hearts will sadly miss her now

For she was family;

So when You see her coming, Lord,

Please tell that cat for me...



That when we see our Heavenly home

We won't expect one mouse!

Or any crawling varmint loose

To roam our Heavenly house.



Instead we hope to hear her bawl

(As Burmese often do)

And she'll be saying:

"See, I've taken care of things for you!"



For cherished pets will wait for us

In Heavenly homes above ~

When God asks what they found below

And their answer is..."Love!"





--Connie



*Skyrat: A cloth toy-mouse on a line

attached to a fishing pole.