• The blistering summer faded quickly away
    Autumn's glorious bounty fell upon the forest floor
    Now winter's thick white blanket is here to stay
    Littering sodden wet slush-prints below my door

    My bank account is quickly dwindling down
    Caught up in the sweet solace of Holiday's embrace
    Bitter smiles rise to my lips as I straighten my gown
    Mothers kissing kin trails tears down my face

    We gather upon the floor in the tradition of gift giving
    The children oblivious to your solemn tomb
    I wish silently that you were among the living
    Before we start gifting around the warm room

    I cleaned up the room a few hours later
    Picking up the pieces that you left behind
    The faces of the family to which I did cater
    Are burned behind my lids and haunt my mind

    Never again shall I marry, not after you
    Nor shall I bare children, if they can't be yours
    I was torn from my reverie when I heard a faint mew
    It was emanating from outside my chamber doors

    I crept cautiously, wiping the tears from my eyes
    Wondering if what I heard was really there
    Louder and louder became the pitiful cries
    Until I opened my doors to the cold night air

    A puffball crossed my threshold with ease
    He seemed to know where he was gowing
    I followed him, hoping he didn't have fleas
    Until he sat on the carpet and began crowing

    I followed with my eyes his line of sight
    Wondering what possibly he could have found
    T'was the urn that held your ashes tight
    So before him I placed it upon the ground

    He nuzzled you and purred, a content little kit
    I reached down with awe to touch his inviting fur
    To send me a kitten was very sweet, I admit
    And when he leapt into my lap of this I was sure;

    Forever and for always I will be yours
    And you will always be mine, to have and to hold
    Though we are seperated by Heaven's doors
    One day we will be reunited, as is foretold...