Just another day as me?

Just another day as me

Strolling along like I own the place

The others move out of my way

As I confidently walk

I climb to the highest place

And sit down, overlooking everyone

I lay back, sighing happily

About to drift off to sleep for bedtime

When I am startled by a crashing sound

I jump and see everyone scatter frantically

My people are not nearby

They are asleep

I search the landscape for intruders

With the best eyesight around, it's easy

I stay quiet as the intruders walk past

I fight the urge to whack one of them upside their head

I know I am outnumbered

As soon as they pass, I climb down

Slinking around on pads quietly in the shadows

They head upstairs

I panic, that's where my people are!

I bow up and let out a bloodcurdling growl and hiss

I cry out as a hand knocks me to the ground

Everything goes black

I awake later to the scene of cat faces

Watching to see if I am still alive

I recall quickly what had happened

Searching around and sniffing for the danger

I realize the burglars are gone

I rush to the upstairs room where my people are

I know something is bad wrong

The door is never open, except now

I race in with everyone else following on my heels

A smell I've only smelled when I scratch a person is strong in my nose

I search frantically around and find the people laying in their beds

Phew, I sigh, at least they are still asleep

As I am about to hop down off my person's bed

A moon's ray shines on some kind of liquid near her

I realize what it is and figure out that it is coming out of my person

Blood, oh no

I stand for a moment

Scared, unknowing

I rush to her face and lick it, hoping that maybe it'll wake her

The more seconds pass by, the faster I lick

But to no avail

I race to try to wake the other people

They do not respond

I sit, the other cats collecting around me

For the first time ever

They see that I don't know what to do

I always know what to do

Just as my person always wakes up

She always comes for me

She always holds me close

My ears would fill with the sound of her heart

And her ears would fill with my purrs

Her warm caresses always let me know I am safe

But she doesn't wake

She doesn't hold me

She doesn't caress my fur

I sit, eyes burning with tears that can't fall

Cats watching to see what they should do

Wondering why their leader is not doing anything

I sit in the middle of all 3 of them

Helpless

This was just supposed to be another day in my life?

Another day as me?

No, it will never be the same again

Never