Request for a "Cat" poem. . .

MY SISTER LOVED CATS

my sister loved cats

at first

I didn’t understand

why she cried

when her cat

became ill

or did not return home

at night

I didn’t understand

how

she could love

an animal so much

but now

I think I understand

now

that she is gone

and I ache from

head to toe

I know

why

love hurts

Her birthday is this week...

dedicated to Barbara Ann Johnstone Royer

5-3-1962 to 1-30-2012