Sunshine Cat

I saw an angel in your eyes

But you were always mine

My sunshine cat

Rising every day to greet me

After watching over me

And with me

Through the lonely nights

That never were

You were my smile

And my model for

Self-reliance

While I realized

Because of you

That life for the self

Is not life at all

Without your spirit

A God-given energy force

That could stop time

Because that was Love

Drip…drip…drip

Goes the faucet at night

Or is it my tears

When I think any noise

Is you and a late night snack

But it is the water falling into the

Emptiness

I now feel

Without my sunshine cat

Behind every corner

Is the memory of the

Of your grayed wisdom patch

On your back

Nuzzling up against my leg

When I needed that boost

Or the clip clip clip

Of your untamed nails

Tapping across the kitchen tile

Or  the ragged edges of couches

Ground up by the stretch

Of your life

One without complaint

One only of happiness

Which you brought to me

And now?

The sun still rises

And lights up stripes

On the life-stained carpet

On which you used to bask

Resting after a night of

Catching the rays of angels

In your deep pupils

Surrounded by the

Gentle, Omniscient Green

And that memory alone

Warms the heart

And also softens the soul

As you did

My friend and family

Every day I walked

Through that door

Into your loving gaze

My sunshine cat