Meowing at the Moon

R.I.P. Simon, you'll always be in my heart.

I

These cats lived together in a house on a shore

They were raised by me and they were just so young

His name was her sound, and hers was on his mouth

They meowed together all night to the moon

So that they would beget to a handful of blue

Kittens, so they prayed, together to the moon

Together by the shore, they meowed until noon

Her flesh was loved, her whiskers in love

His all was to her, as a maiden to a dress

And they loved each other, in a house on a shore

They were raised by me and they were just so young

II

One day the moon heard the cries of a pair

Of young cats, who she blessed

And the cats meowed together to the moon in the air

She they in thanks caressed

Two little kittens bornt in their nest

The latest was Richard, the earnest was Zest

And the two cats they teared

Each night to the wind

That each night blew in awe as mist

Then they kissed their little ones good night

And told them “One day both will fly”

III

They needed a meal, the four of them

They had tried all things, they had nothing to sell

So they fighted and argued, they almost broke up

But the father resolved he would a prey hunt down

And he through the night moved eager

The moonlit path was of his own

Following the trace of a liver

And some meat and some bones

He jumped, sneaked, crept and slipped

Until he found what he ought

A little dead bluebird that he knew would belong

To his dear and his children, but not to his own

For the bluebird was small

However he smiled, a teardrop he offered to the moon

His heart glittered to her so thankful and smooth

But coming back to their nest he fell

The bluebird was heavy, he should’ve have a rest

He slipped from a height, fell hard to the ground

Just a sound was heard

His last meow, it said:

“My moon, please forget me

Don’t cure my wounds nor save me

Please use all your strength

To get this meal to my nest”

IV

Many days have passed since then

The two brothers grew with their father’s sense

Of duty, for their mother they took care

…But since that fateful night

She, the little young cat

To the moon meows

Claiming to her for her love not found

And every night the moon with her cries

Saying “I’m sorry, he’s deep under the ground”.