'Yellow Eyes'

Yellow Eyes

 

There is a coal black cat

With moon yellow eyes

That lays about my door.

At first I thought

A country stray,

Surly nothing more…

This coal black cat

With moon yellow eyes

That lays about my door.

 

At first he stayed

At great arms length,

And never ventured near,

Pretending not

To give a care,

Pretending not to fear.

 

Then, not quite the stray

That I first thought

That lays about my door.

I gave him food,

And ice cold milk,

What cat

Could ask for more.

 

Our eyes would meet

And stubborn both,

Neither scarcely dared

To blink.

And then one day

I swear it’s true,

That coal black cat

With moon yellow eyes,

Gave me back a wink!

 

Now quite the pest

That cat has grown,

And he seldom

Stray’s from home sweet home.

And his favorite place

Is the carpet where,

This coal black cat

With moon yellow eyes,

Lay’s about my door.

By Buddy Black 2015