Lieve bazin,

je keek zo verontwaardigd

naar me, omdat ik m'n poot op je gebraden vlees wilde zetten,

maar dit is toch ook mijn huis.

Waarom verwijt je me dan,

dat ik m'n instinkt volg?

Je geniet toch ook van me,

als ik met m'n onhoorbare bevalligheid

door de kamer loop.

Mocht ik eens in de gordijnen klimmen,

in een speelse bui je breiwerk

uit elkaar trekken, vergeef me dan en

houd van me zonder ooit knorrig te zijn.

Ik lig zo graag opgerold op je schoot,

in de holte van je rok,

Als ik dan m'n ogen sluit,

droom ik van je, terwijl ik lig te spinnen.

Je toegenegen poes

Lief baasje

geef mij te eten en te drinken en zorg goed voor mij.

Als ik niet eet ga dan met mij naar 'n poezendokter en laat mij onderzoeken.

Geef mij op tijd 'n zuivere bak.

Sluit mij niet op in een kooi of schuur.

Leg mij niet aan een riempje , maar geef me mijn vrijheid.

Laat mij in de vakantie niet in de steek.

Als ik jonkies krijg laat ze leven, ze kunnen zelfs met 'n hond opgroeien,

En tenslotte  lieve baas, als ik oud word verzorg mij dan goed

en als het moet, verlos mij uit het lijden en als dank

zal ik heel lief voor u spinnen.

A Cat’s Prayer

If it should be, that I grow frail and weak.

And pain should keep me from my sleep.

Then you must do what must be done,

For this, the last battle can’t be won.

For this day, more than the rest.

Your love and friendship stand the test.

We’ve had so many years,

What is to come can hold no fears.

You’d not want me to suffer, so

When the time comes please let me go.

Take me where my needs they’ll tend.

Only stay with me until the end.

And hold me firm and speak to me.

Until my eyes no longer see.

Although my tail it’s last has waved,

From pain and suffering I’ve been saved.

We’ve been so close, we two, these years.

Don’t let your heart hold back the tears.

But smile, for we walked together

For awhile.

Stray Cat's Prayer

Dear God, please send me somebody who'll care!
I'm so tired of running and sick with despair.

My body is aching and filled with such pain;
And dear God I pray, as I run in the rain.

That someone will love me and give me a home,
A warm cozy bed, and food of my own.

My last owner left me alone in the yard...
I watched as they moved, and God that was hard.

So I waited a while, then went on my way
To rummage in garbage and live as a stray.

But now, God, I'm so tired and hungry and cold;
And I'm so afraid that I'll never grow old.

They've chased me with sticks and hit me with straps
While I run the streets just looking for scraps!

I'm not really bad, God, please help if you can,
For I have become just a "Victim of Man!"

I'm wormy, dear God, and I'm ridden with fleas;
And all that I want is an Owner to please!

If you find one for me, God, I'll try to be good.
I won't scratch the carpet; I'll do as I should.

I'll love them, play with them, and try to obey.
I will be so grateful if they'll let me stay!

I don't think I'll make it too long on my own,
'Cause I'm getting weak and I'm so all alone.

Each night as I sleep in the bushes I cry,
'Cause I'm so afraid, God, that I'm gonna die.

I've got so much love and devotion to give
That I should be given a new chance to Live!

So dear God, please hear me, please answer my prayer,
And send me somebody who will REALLY care.

Poem For Cats

And God asked the feline spirit
Are you ready to come home?
Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul
And, as a cat, you know I am most able
To decide anything for myself.

Are you coming then? asked God.
Soon, replied the whiskered angel
But I must come slowly
For my human friends are troubled
For you see, they need me, quite certainly.

But don't they understand? asked God
That you'll never leave them?
That your souls are intertwined. For all eternity?
That nothing is created or destroyed?
It just is....forever and ever and ever.

Eventually they will understand,
Replied the glorious cat
For I will whisper into their hearts
That I am always with them
I just am....forever and ever and ever