I Once Had a Home

I once had a home

Where they said they loved me.

"I was the king of the house," they claimed,

And they loved to play with me.

One day, they rejoiced,

My mother and father, full of joy,

For the coming arrival

Of someone I did not know.

Her belly grew rounder.

Curious, I brushed against it,

Felt that little being inside,

And purred with happiness.

Months passed,

And everything changed.

My room disappeared

To make space for what was coming.

"The doctor said…" they whispered,

Their tears eluded me.

They looked at me with sadness,

And we never played again.

One day, they decided

That this would be my last night here,

For the one arriving

Was now their only joy.

I didn’t understand.

I loved them too,

But without knowing how,

I found myself in the street.

"— You’ll be fine!

Cats always find a way…"

So I stood there,

Alone in an unknown world,

Deprived of warmth, of kindness,

Without shelter, without love.

I didn't know where to go,

I knew nothing anymore.

And this "doctor who said"

Did not save every life.

I remained alone,

Never knowing

If that child who loved me…

Still remembered me.