"Skeye" Kitty (My Sweetie)

My exquisite little friend "Skeye,"  for sky blue eyes So full of love and sweetness "Skeye" blue eyes to melt the heart Beautiful little fur ball "Bird Bones," Dad called her The most precious little creature Sent from heaven above Sent for me to love And to love me Ever so much For nineteen years My best little buddy true My "Skeye" kitty has left me Moved on to her Father's embrace So brave in her passing Trying to comfort me to the end Her weak and silent meows Breaking my heart Fighting to live Only wanting to love me another day She had saved my life In a very dark time years ago A time when no one could reach me Every night she came to comfort me She snuggled next to my broken heart And poured the warmth of her love Into my aching breast And I survived So amazing a little creature Loved and admired by all Who could but see her perfection But she chose me "Skeye" blue eyes only for me She came and befriended me When she had no one And charmed me beyond words Delighted me with her grace Backflips like a gymnast Leaps like a ballerina Bounding to meet me As the rumble of my old pickup Announced my arrival home So precious So beyond words in her sweetness My little sweetie So beloved, so missed The house so empty without her Ever will she be adored in my heart This extraordinary little friend Who loved her tuna juice Her sunshine, her water games Her boxes, her naps Her romps up and down the hall Who gave me more Than I could ever express The words would fill a library And still pale Next to the reality of her perfection So sweet, so brave, so true So fearless, and strong Five and a half pounds And could run off A big mean tomcat But oh so full of love Comforting me always in my pain Even when growing old and ill Only thinking of me Bon voyage my sweetie I have commended you Into the arms of the Man Of Beauty Whose you always were more than mine And who can love you better than I How can I say how grateful I am To you for your love For your tireless devotion to me Your patience with my failures How grateful I am That the The Most Beautiful One The King Of Glory himself Has jealously sought your company And come to gather you unto himself Taking your precious little spirit From this undeserving world As you died so bravely in my arms Cozy in front of the fire Where you so loved to nap You are in his arms now To hold for me until that day When we meet again in Glory And carry on our love for one another What a joy it will be to see you again And hold you next to the heart To which you so fully gave yourself To protect and heal From the beauty within you From your humble station In God's great creation My sweetie, I love you You are the best earthly friend I ever, ever had Ever will I carry you Adored and beloved in my heart Stephen Pursell, 1/27/15