calico angels

                                                            for mike

 

                                                     

                                            

                                        calico angels, wings in the sky

no one had told you, felines don’t fly

Smoochie and Jiji and my little Squeaks

all gone aloft in only six weeks

 

patches of orange, palest dove white

sail there in your ethereal flight

little girls, sweet ones, smile down on me

come to my dreams, help set my hurt free

 

for my heart’s breaking, I am alone

and what hurts the worst is the unknown

if I know you’re watching over me

I might stop weeping, filling the sea

 

salt of my sorrow raining on down

flooding the oceans till this heart drowns

speak to me, tell me, show me you’re there

give me some surcease from this despair

 

for you’re my darlings, my little girls

heart of my heart, more precious than pearls

but if I know that you’re watching me

I’ll try to be strong and let you fly free