A New Home
A brief prologue of a catMum said to take a box and some garbage out
I had no doubt you'd be there waiting for me or someone anyone
With a kind heart to open their doors to youThough I may not have seen you at first
For lesser or for the worst
Eventually you did catch my eyeYou were cold and damp
Without a warm place to go
I'd seen you many a time before
So I helped you in to the building you were under
Since it was raining more say drizzling out
But it's a good thing there wasn't any lightning or thunderMy brother told her about you
She said I was to come to your rescue
So I didI got a towel for I could find nothing else
And since you were wet
I thought it fit the image of the situation
purr-fectlyYou were on the steps inside
Where I left you
And hoped and thought you'd beYou didn't hiss or fuss at me
You simply let me wrap you up
And take you homeI put you down
Dried you off
So you'd be nice and warmI hadn't known if you'd eaten or not
Since I'd been seeing you
For a while by nowI proceeded to search for the two cans
We had
That had been left to us
From someone we used to knowShe was like you
But mum gave her up when we moved
In the endYou ate
You drank
You let us run our hands through your soft furI'd never seen someone
From outside be so friendlyI stayed up all night
Just to watch you
To make sure that
From a couple hours ago until now
That it wasn't your last breathAnd so you wouldn't die
In my arms from being outside
For so much and so longI didn't give myself rest
Until I knew you'd be okYou like following me into the kitchen
By now we called you Asher
But I'll still call you whichever you like
Since mum said I couldn't call you Neneki
Or DaisukeI gave some chicken salad to you
As a snack
Since I didn't know if you were hungry or not
Since you don't meow a lotI decided to sleep after my dose of youtube
And I guess you did too
Because when I woke up
I found my asher stretched out
Asleep on the floorIt's been a day already
And I already miss you so
Though you lie on the arm chair
Asleep in front of my eyesWe can't keep you
Because mum already wants someone elseI've never seen her
But I know she is 2I'll miss you
So dream your happiness
In the waking light
At least before we mew-ve you on
To someone elseBe strong
Be kind
Be mine forever
In the moonlit day
And sunlit nightThis is not goodbye.....
.......yetAnd so your family left you,
and I came to call you my own
just months later.

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PoetryHi we're the Valkyrie System. These are a compilation of events, thoughts, thank yous, and emotions from early life and high school career. Everything is told through poems, unless its letters to someone I used to love. You can believe me, stand wit...