[C] It Seemed Like Just Yesterday

[Snowstep]

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It Seemed Like Just Yesterday

My memory of Kitty, many a years ago,
So young and brave,
facing life with courage and strength.
On bright summer days,
silhouetted on the field of life,
she looks up at the clear, blue sky
with wonder in her shining green eyes.
The outline of her soft hazel fur
shimmers in the afternoon sunshine
as a soft breeze ruffles through it.
How beautiful she was!
It seemed like just yesterday.

Until one cold evening, Kitty was unusually quiet,
Lying there on the hard ground,
Light faded from her usual shining eyes.
Is there something wrong with her today? I thought
As I looked closer at her clumped-up fur
and saw streaks of blood.
I panicked as worry pierced my heart
like a raven ripping it out all at once.
That night she was hurried to the vet.
As she was on the border of life and death
I was so scared that I was going to lose her, my adorable Kitty.
It seemed like just yesterday.

Now, safely at home, Kitty is sitting quietly on my lap.
Her thick, white fur has grown back,
As soft as the feathers of a newborn chick,
and she is as healthy as ever.
However, she will never be the same young cat
that has once found and come to live with me,
comforting me when I was alone.
She was not ready to leave, so she made it back.
Staying quietly at home,
she is still afraid to face life like she once did,
but she has never stopped caring for me, and nor have I.
This, will never just be yesterday.


- Snowstep