I'm just to old?

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I'm just to old?

Look at me, all wet in the rain,
My parents dumped me, yet again!
Left behind, out in the cold,
Just because, i am old!!
I,ve a tear in my eye, i am in pain,
Sitting here, on my own in the rain!
Although i'm old, i do not smell,
I'm not any trouble, i do not yell!
I'm a little stiff, and my fur is coarse,
But being dumped, it all looks worse!
Every night i spend alone,
Soaking wet, chilled to the bone!
Oh save me someone, take me home,
Don't leave me here, all alone!
This is my story, and now it is told,
No-one loves me, because i am old!! (G.Lamb 9/7/2013)

Prayer of gentleness to all creatures

Loss of a Loved One

You can shed tears that he is gone

or you can smile that he has lived

You can close your eyes

and pray that he comes back

or you can open your eyes

and see all that he’s left

Your heart can be empty

because you can’t see him

or it can be full of the love you shared

You can turn your back on tomorrow

and live in yesterday

or you can be happy for tomorrow

because of yesterday

You can remember him and only that’s he gone

or you can cherish his memory

and let it live on

You can cry and close your mind

be empty and turn your back

or you can do what he’d want

Smile, open your eyes

love and move on

Scream @ Kelly, Calico Mum Passed Away

Scream @ Kelly, Calico Mum Passed Away

Oct 1, '06 6:35 PM by yas for everyone

I wanted to remember you by

on the favourite garden of love

Needing to remember you by

I burried you in your garden of love

Perhaps you may wonder

of the absence of flowers

Just know that..

the flowers will come in a few days' time

let's just alay humans' suspicions

till you're warmed down there

while the gentle soil protects you

If you see hard enough

you'll find me

from the corners of the garden of love

with my tears and aching heart

as I remember you by

And at night, when the world's asleep

you'll find me closer to you

greet me, baby

for Mummy's just on you

singing you a lullaby.

(In memory of Scream, otherwise affectionately known as Kelly who has touched our hearts with her winning grace and unnerving love to protect her 4 kittens)

Loving you in my heart, always.

Where can we go?

Where can we go?

May 17, '06 2:32 PM by miow-miow3 for everyone

HDB says No

We stay on the streets

Town Council says No

The feeders mess up public areas

We move to the carparks

Car owners say No

The scratches must be that "stupid cat sleeping on the roof"

We move to the hawker centres
NEA says No

Or else no 'Singapore OK' label

We hang around the walkway

The young lady says we scare her mother

We move near the childcare

The parents complaint to the Town Council's officer

"Get rid of the cat or we beat your brain out!"

We poo on the grass

The Town Council's Senior Property Manager screams

"Cats cannot poo! Not even on the grass!"

Where can we go?

Can we ask to be unborn?

We are labelled pest and nuisance

Without justification

Look who is destroying the earth?

At an unprecedented pace

Come on

We only want to live

Just like you do

What right have you got to push us off the brink?

---

Dedicated to all the community cats in Singapore - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/singaporecommunitycats/show/

The rain.....

The rain.....

May 28, '06 3:38 PM by miow-miow3 for everyone

Dark clouds drifting

Wind howling

The rain falls

My thoughts drift from the comfort of the cats in my apartment

The rain will quench the thirst of many community cats

Diluting the poisons that have been added to the stagnant water

The rain will flush away the kittens hidng in the small drains

The meowing drowns in the swirling water

The cats that fell into the steep monsoon drains

Rush in vain against the raising tide of water

Cats hiding beneath cars

Cats crouching under concrete seats in the void decks

At the mercy of the human traffic

Life is like that

Sweet

Sour

Bitter

What then

Is the mystery of existence?

In Memory of a Beautiful "Ugly" Cat

I saw you many months ago at one end of a block of flats.
You wanted to go near two ladies but they stomped their feet to "scare" you offf.
You were an "easy" catch for sterilization.
Some time after you were released back at your block, you migrated to the adjacent block.
I can still "see" you sitting in the void deck licking your paws.
You were fussy, preferring only wet food.
So I avoided you when I only have dry food with me otherwise you would follow me for a long distance.
You made the most charming voice when you "speak" - ek ek ek ek
So I named you Squeakee.

As sudden as you had come,
As sudden you were gone.

Perhaps you had finished your task in this realm -
To make some of us look at your with our heart and not our eyes.
To see the beauty in your ugliness.
To love you despite your ugliness.

Where-ever you are, you will always occupy a part of our heart.

Vegancat
Feb 5, '06 2:09 PM

In Memory of Fei-Chai

I heard you before I saw you.
Your ears were sharp.
You heard me at the car and called from across the driveway.
And then you appeared.
You were always hungry but you always showed your affection first by rubbing around my legs

It has been three weeks that I last saw you.
With vanishing hope, I still look for you whenever I am at the carpark.

Where-ever you are now, I wish you well.
May you be happy.

Vegancat
Feb 5, '06 2:16 PM

The Cat in Iraq

The Cat in Iraq

By RYAN ALEXANDER


She came to me skittish, wild.
The way you’re meant to be,
Surrounded by cruelty.
I did not blame her.
I would do the same.

A pregnant cat, a happy distraction
Some sort of normal thing
Calico and innocent.

The kittens in her belly said feed me.

And I did.

She crept with careful eye,
body held low to the dirt,
snagged a bite,
and carried it just far enough away.

She liked the MREs
the beef stew, the chicken breast, the barbeque pork,
But she did not like canned sardines.
I do not blame her.
I would do the same.

She came around again and again
finally deciding that I was no threat
That this big man wasn’t so bad.

I was afraid to touch her as the docs warned us
Iraqi animals were carriers of flesh-eating disease.
I donned a plastic glove and was the first to pet
This wild creature who may be

The one true heart and mind that America
Had won over.

After a while I forgot the glove and enjoyed
The tactile softness of short fur,
Flesh-eating bacteria be dammed.

Her belly swole for weeks
And she disappeared for some days
Until her kittens were safely birthed
In the shallow of a rusted desk
In the ruins that lined the road behind us.

She came around again slim
With afterbirth still matted to her hind legs
She was back again, but not quite as often
She came to eat and for attention
But there was nursing to be done.

One day she crept up with a kitten in her mouth
She dropped it at my foot and stared up at me
She expected something, but there was nothing I could do
The young black and white kitten was dead
It’s eyes not yet opened.

It looked like some shriveled old wise thing
Completely still, mouth puckered
Small body curled and limp.

She let me take the baby without a fight
She knew, but seemed unaffected.

She fetched me a gift,
A lesson, among the worried nights
Shot nerves from poorly aimed mortar rounds:

Everything dies
the evil, the innocent
Her baby and me
I thought I should say a prayer and bury
This poor little thing
But I did for it what will be done for me

I laid it in the burn can amongst the ash
And said I’m sorry.

By Ryan Alexander
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division,
Stryker Brigade Combat Team
Mosul, Iraq

You are my companion for life

A little kitty

小猫

Xiao moa



All bones and skin

瘦如皮包骨

shou ru pi bao gu



Sitting forlorn in the lift lobby

孤零零的坐在电梯大厅

gu ling ling de zuo zai dian ti da ting



3 year have passed

三年流逝

san nian liu shi



You are not my pet

你不是我的宠物

Ni bu shi wo de chong wu



You are my companion for life

你是我生命中的伴侣

Ni shi wo sheng ming zhong de ban lu



My wish is to live longer than you

我愿比你长壽

Wo yuan bi ni chang shou



So that I can care for you

为的是能照顾你

Wei de shi neng zhao gu ni



Till you exhale you last breath

直到你呼出最后的一口气

zhi dao ni hu chu zui hou de yi kou qi



And close your eyes for the last time

和闭上双眼的最后时刻

he bi shang shuang yan de zui hou shi ke



In utter contentment

完全的满足

wan quan de man zu



And my rolling tears of joy that our paths have crossed

含着欢乐的泪水，我们走过生命的历程

han zhe huan le de lei shui, wo men zou guo sheng ming de li cheng

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生生世世

sheng sheng shi shi

My "downstairs" cat

My "downstairs" cat

I wish i can bring you home....but i can't I wish i can be more friendly with you....but i can't

Not all humans are nice to cats.....they aren't

Trusting all humans can mean the end of you.

Though it saddens me when u cower away from me...

Until you recognise my voice...

Because i know then that you do not treat all humans

With the same tenderness that you shower on me..

Your soft body brushing my legs.......

I hope

you will learn to be street-smart, knowing who to trust

and who to stay away from

I hope

you will survive on the streets of Singapore

and perhaps one day, someone will bring you home..

Vegancat

CATS By the Dozen

CATS By the Dozen

I started out with ONE kitty,
I couldn't resist her face.
Then, I realized she had a sister,
and there were TWO kitties at my place.

A friend had to move away,
and her kitty couldn't go.
So, of course, I took her in;
and I had THREE cats, wouldn't you know.

Numbers FOUR and FIVE
were orphaned one day.
I added them to our family
and watched them all at play.

Little number SIX
showed up at our door.
I saw no harm in another,
but weakly said, "No more!"

What would you have done,
if number SEVEN was left one night?
Part of an abandoned litter,
EIGHT, NINE, TEN...I didn't put up a fight.

We were a growing family,
but how much bigger...?
A tiny little lost kitty,
I named number ELEVEN Tigger.

The last two to join us,
numbers TWELVE and THIRTEEN;
were Christmas gifts from Santa.
Meet Sara and Eileen.

I love them all dearly.
They each own my heart.
Who would have ever expected
THIRTEEN kitties at the start?

Each one has a name,
you've met Tigger, Sara and Eileen.
Now meet Tara, Patches, Whiskers,
Topaz, Zesty and Irene.

Over here are the rest
of my little family.
Bootsie, Kira, Laura,
and the littlest one, Misty.

Every life should have NINE cats,
sometimes even more than that.
The joy they bring is endless,
so open your heart and home to a CAT.


||Susan Orloski 2002||

THE COLD WIND BLOWS

THE COLD WIND BLOWS

a poem by Lilian C. Gillard

Around my body the cold wind blows
and I curl into a ball.
I dream of a family and a place by the fire,
feeling loved, and fed, and warm.

When there's no food and my tummy is empty
I try so hard to be brave.
A gentle touch from a kindly soul
is all that I do crave.

If for just one day I could be your cat
I'd purr and love you no end.
I'd sit by your feet and tickle your toes
and promise to be your best friend.

A family cat so warm and cosy
looks out into the night,
he purrs, content with his good life
not a care for the strays and their plight.

"Who'll care for me when winter comes"
`neath a bush is heard a cry.
"Will nobody take me home with them,
is my future just to die?"

You are my companion for life

小猫

All bones and skin
瘦如皮包骨
shou ru pi bao gu

Sitting forlorn in the lift lobby
孤零零的坐在电梯大厅
gu ling ling de zuo zai dian ti da ting

3 year have passed
三年流逝
san nian liu shi

You are not my pet
你不是我的宠物
Ni bu shi wo de chong wu

You are my companion for life
你是我生命中的伴侣
Ni shi wo sheng ming zhong de ban lu

My wish is to live longer than you
我愿比你长壽
Wo yuan bi ni chang shou

So that I can care of you
为的是能照顾你
Wei de shi neng zhao gu ni

Till you exhale your last breath
直到你呼出最后的一口气
zhi dao ni hu chu zui hou de yi kou qi

And close your eyes for the last time
和闭上双眼的最后时刻
he bi shang shuang yan de zui hou shi ke

In utter contentment
完全的满足
wan quan de man zu

And my rolling tears of joy that our paths have crossed
含着欢乐的泪水，我们走过生命的历程
han zhe huan le de lei shui, wo men zou guo sheng ming de li cheng

Once again and will again
生生世世
sheng sheng shi shi

And homeless near a thousand homes

And homeless near a thousand homes I stood,
And near a thousand tables pined, and wanted food.

~William Wordsworth

A Cat

Gentle eyes that see so much,

Paws that have the quiet touch,

Purrs to signal "all is well"

And show more love than words could tell.

Graceful movements touched with pride,

A calming presence by our side

A friendship that takes time to grow

Small wonder why we love them so

~ Author Unknown ~

Colin Phan's "I am a Cat"

Colin Phan's "I am a Cat"

I have feelings. I feel pain.
I did not choose to be brought into this world.
I have no home.

Everyday I search for food
In drains, rubbish bins, in places no one would think of,
Just to eat so that I may survive,
So that I may live another day to search for food.
I see so many of my kin doing the same thing,
Some are fortunate like I am, some are not,
Countless are those who have drowned, who have died,
Just searching for that morsel of sustenance so that they may live another day.

Where do I go? I sleep where I can,
I suffer the ignominious looks of people.
If I am lucky, I am shooed away,
If I am not, I get kicked, swept at by brooms,
And it hurts.
I have seen my children tortured.
Images of Rubber Bands stapled on ears,
Of tin cans tied to tails to scare us.
Even worse, of detergent poured into water to poison us.
Whom do I tell these feelings to?

No one. We suffer in silence.

Yet there are kind souls.
There are those who will feed me, who care.
There are those who give me a gentle hand,
That will make that very special effort.
Who amongst us do not crave a mother’s touch?
Who amongst us do not wish to live?

Yet we are denied this right...
Countless of us are sentenced to death.
Today I look again for food,
I may not see tomorrow,
Because I am just an “ANIMAL”
I have no rights,
And thus, I am no longer allowed to live.

The Cat Owner's Prayer

The Cat Owner's Prayer

Because I'm only human, it's sometimes hard to be
The wise, all-knowing creature that my cat expects of me.
And so I pray for special help to somehow understand
The subtle implications of each proud meowed command
Oh, let me not forget that chairs were put on earth to shred
And what I like to call a lap is actually a bed
I know it's really lots to ask but please, oh please, take pity
And though I'm only human, make me worthy of my Kitty!!!