by gerry morin
MY LITTLE BEAUTY
MY LITTLE BEAUTY CAME TO ME ONE DAY
SHE SETTLED IN FOR A LONG STAY
I COULDN’T BELIEVE HOW LOUD SHE PURRED
THIS BIG BLACK AND WHITE BALL OF FUR
SHE CAME WITH HER TOYS AND A STUFFED MOUSE
WHICH SHE WOULD KEEP ALL OVER THE HOUSE
SHE QUICKLY TOOK OVER AND SHOWED US SHE WAS THE BOSS
AND WHAT SHE DID, WHAT COULD WE SAY, WE WERE AT A LOSS
SHE STOLE OUR HEARTS SO FAST SO HARD
SHE FOLLOWED US AROUND OUT IN THE YARD
SHE SNUGGLED BETWEEN US IN BED AT NIGHT
SHE BROUGHT US TOGETHER WHEN THINGS WEREN’T RIGHT
WE LOVED YOU SO MUCH WE COULD NOT BEAR
TO SEE YOU LAYING IN THE ROAD AS IF NO ONE CARED
WE WISH WE COULD GO BACK TO SATURDAY NIGHT
AND KEEP YOU INSIDE SNUGGLED UP SO TIGHT
IN OUR ARMS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE
NOT BURIED IN THE YARD UNDER THE MAPLE TREE
PLEASE FORGIVE US BEAUTY WE LOVED YOU SO MUCH
IT IS AMAZING AT HOW OUR HEARTS WERE SO TOUCHED
GERRY MORIN