- The Bird and the
Cat
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- I met this lovely lady...I don't think that she
knows
- she's the last thing that I thought of as my
day drew to a close...
- last night and then this morning, her image
brushed my mind.
- And in between, the sweetest dream and memories
of kind.
-
- In my dream, I think in Spring, we took a
tranquil hike
- I've lived so much in Fall and Winter, I forgot
what Spring was like.
- We walked along a riverbed, my hand she held so
tight.
- And as we stopped to hear our hearts, we held
an uncommon sight.
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- A fallen bird had broke its wing and lay in
disarray.
- A Cheshire cat had picked it up to carry it
away.
- The cat, itself was scared and hurt. It needed
help, I thought.
- It climbed a tree up to a nest and released the
bird it caught.
-
- I said at first, 'How could this be? A cat
would help a bird?'
- and then my lady turned to me and this is what
I heard.
-
- "There are those who go through life and live
on other's pride.
- And then the other pays them back by casting
them aside.
- And then there's those who are themselves
afflicted with the worst
- but put aside their own distress to help
another first."
-
- I pondered on these words of hers but still
could not believe
- a cat would rather help a bird than ignore its
plight and leave
- or maybe even take advantage and cause that
bird great harm.
- But once again I felt her hand. She noted my
alarm ...
-
- and told me 'I see you have a grave concern to
heed.
- It's not so hard to understand the bird in
desperate need
- but for the cat who has a need as great or even
more
- to not only to help the bird but its instinct
to ignore.
-
- Expecting no return itself, its nature did
transform.
- Its instinct was destroyed, you see, by one who
caused it harm.'
-
- And so I finally understood the message told by
her
- to recognize the pain of those who now are
where you were.
- She said that she must leave me then but if I'd
say a prayer
- for all the people who need help to find the
way out there.
-
- And now if for a little while, those sweet
dreams could be real,
- and if she only knew the joy, the happiness I'd
feel,
- to live a life just like the dream so I could
hear the word
- where people find the way to love ...and a cat
would help a bird.
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