I received this poem today and would like to share it with you all.
DOUBLE RESCUE
I pushed through the snowstorm,
Hugging my sorrow
Not caring if I saw
A tomorrow.
I thought of my life
And how it had soured
When I came on a door
Where a cat crouched and cowered.
It opened its mouth
And gave a faint cry.
I'd met with a creature
More wretched than I.
Its eyes met mine and
Silently pleaded
For the love and comfort it
Sorely needed.
With no more thought,
I scooped it high
Slipped it into my coat
To warm and dry.
It nestled there close,
A wet ball of fur
And soon it gave off
A hoarse rusty purr.
It healed my heart
That I thought broken
And, so with no word
Having been spoken,
We went home, together!
- MILDRED ZIPKIN