The Calico Cat

One mid-morning, while walking fast, I past by a grey-ish calico cat

 

Behind the illegal rusty fence,

walking on a red dirt path,

her eyes fixed upon the ground watching the red kick around her paws

 

I stopped for a bit and said, "Hello"

The cat quickly stopped a bit shocked

 

She looked at me with eyes as blue as the clear morning sky

and a meowed a quick, "Hello."

 

I smiled, then waved and bid goodbye

and we turned and walked away

But after a couple of steps we turned and looked back

curiosity suddenly playing in our eyes

 

"What is she doing?" we asked ourselves and looked closely at one another

I stared deeply into the calico's eyes 

She stared deeply back into mine

 

For a split second I thought I saw a little girl

A little girl behind an illegal rusty fence

walking down a red dirt path

watching the red kick around her feet

looking at me with curious eyes as blue as the morning sky

staring deeply back into mine

 

I wanted to walk towards the little girl

Wondering if maybe she was lost

I wanted to poke my fingers through the fence and ask what she doing

Why she was walking alone mid morning

 

But before I could, she turned and quickly walked away

With a quick smile she disappeared around the bend

So I looked away, and stared back at the ground,

watching the red kick around my feet