SOPHIE REMEMBERED

SOPHIE REMEMBERED
by Ruth M Bottomley

O lovely lady of soft white paws and golden eyes
Dreaming dreams in silver gardens of May moonrise,
Purring softly in summer’s shade through sunlit hours,
Breathing gently the sweet aroma of summer flowers.
On winter evenings you snuggled warmly upon our knees,
The music murmured,
the firelight flickered,
we took our ease,
Your beauteous face,
the mask of midnight and soft pink nose,
Such silken fur,
faerie whiskers and velvet toes.
Much joy you brought with loving glances,
enchanting play,
Until you rested on softest pillows at close of day,
Your sweetness lingers in every shadow as twilight falls
And we shall meet you to live forever in starlit halls.