1. In Christmas melodies There is a joy pervading Mixed with crashing bells and silver tinsel Torn from ‘his’ tree 2. The snow drifts in silence Has it no place else to go But must watch Cat and I as we watch it Drift to chilled streets . 3.   Near me in calm repose united without touching yet his head moves as soon as my hand does to close the blind. 4.   My pets are near my heart they love me without question Teaching me to trust again their love where mine has failed! 5.   Peace steals into my room a song rises in my heart, every morning is a new beginning, Each day a start! 6. At night he watches me clamber gratefully to bed For then he has free run of the carpet at breakneck speed! 7. His gaze is more complete. His soul seems to have deepened. He spends his time with me from want too rather than need. 8. The snow drifts, past the chill Pasty the empty streetlight cold Shinning out the path for the snow drifts Lacking any cars. 9. A bold spirit shines out Through the leonine repose, Yet tenderness remains, wrapped throughout him And his actions. 10. A flake stuck on the pane, It quivered with excitement Then pushed itself free with a shout Cat heard I imagined. 11. December cold in arms I find a furry body Nestled under the warmth of the covers To both our needs. 12. The sounds of holidays Bright wrapping paper and foil Lighting the light’s on Shiloh’s favorite tree Like our Shabbat. 13. Ten minutes with my Cat Is ten minutes of sheer bliss But followed by an hour of boredom As Shiloh naps. 14. The heater protesting Its unrelenting service while Cat loans me his warmth with charge Free lap service. 15. I sit at the window And let my mind drift away To people I would have been and places where other cats purred.

16. I look forward to these Quiet, introspective times, When I attempt to capture a spirit By words of Cat. 17. His paw touched my chin The merest whisper of touch, In this he is unlike any other Aptly: “Shiloh” 18. I wake to find him near Watching me as I’m sleeping Guardian’s eyes hooded and wise looking I am secure. 19. I thought of getting Cat A dainty bowl to eat from Instead of the left over pot-pie tin But would he care?? 20. In the nighttime silence I wake to see him sleeping curled up beside me in trusting repose. I’m comforted. 21. His call invites me to dawn to share yet another day I can’t remember a time without him Sweet companion. 22. His meow is my trumpet, his purr is my lullaby, the cadence of  the life we’re sharing pleases Le Chat. 23. In an odd way, we’re joined Like the season in passage We travel, joined inexorably, toward A promise. 24. In hectic Holly-Days He is an island of calm Saving up his energy for Christmas Eve Chasing Santa? 25. Christmas is a mixture, Wreaths of Holly, tied in bows, The rustle of tinsel on Ever Greens delight a cat! 26. The let-down is intense The wrapping paper still strewn about Holidays already immortalized as Life slow down. 27. The days slow to a crawl moments take hours to happen as Shiloh returns to sleep in ‘his’ chair I try to work. 28. The used up days drift past The calendar glares at me, I don’t mean to be unkind to last Years… How soon New Years! 29. I pause to gather thought a time of introspection Soon another year will have raced past me too quickly gone! 30. I glare at the bare wall and hold back a lingering sigh too many grand memories push at me on their way - out. 31. White against white, on pane Shiloh sits at the window Guardian, loyal and kind, over us As Time goes by. The End

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