O is for October

Openhearted

A love poem

It was the yellow-eyed black kitten that caught her eye The children were laying in a tent as the kitten played The little thing swirled around her feet Mewing sadly, hungry-thin-small The children matched the kitten, grey, thin, and underfed Lying there blinking in the dim light She raced away, her blinking stopping the tears Back she came, cat and children’s food in multiple bags Openhearted, not caring what others thought about her skirt in the dirt She fed the small ones until their tummies were full Now the kids lay in the tent, full, the content kitten in their arms She walked away plotting how to feed them again tomorrow

Written in response to the wonderful O is for October prompt in Paper Poetry.

Julie Greenidge and David Perlmutter This is your type of open-ended prompt. I invite you in.

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