Merlin

I wrote this poem about a cat I owned ...well, okay...no one really 'owns' a cat but he let me think I did...anyway, he was a great cat and we hated to have to give him away when we moved from Vancouver Island to Toronto in 1992. I have many stories about Merlin and will post them as time goes by...onto the poem...

Note: Please excuse any punctuation/capitalization errors - when it posted all the line spacing between the verses disappeared...

To Merlin

Hello, my lovely cat,

catcher of mice and birds.

watcher of cows and keeper of the fence.

You are so beautiful, my

licker of fur, twitcher of tail,

master of stretches and scratcher of fleas.

I love to sit and watch you,

archer of backs

preener of fur and wiper of whiskers.

And I wonder, my

pouncer of leaves, meower of nights,

purrer of tales and gazer on endless realms

Where it is you go when you leave me?

Never mind, you wonderful

lounger of couches,

sleeper of sunny days and cuddler of cold feet...

It doesn't matter

As long as you come back

day after glorious day...to me.