Nature Cares Not

April 8, 2015 by floridaborne

For all the kittens in my life I couldn’t save:

I held in my hand

a delicate little life

her bright eyes

looked to me with trust.

Nature cares not how

my heart wanted to love

a tiny soul,

to live up to her joy

when I touched her with

a gentle stroke.

Survival, genetics,

that’s nature’s way.

Bodies pass, genes pass

I wonder…

what did I do to merit

such devotion?

Category : cats, NaPoWriMo

Tags : cats, death, kittens, love, NaPoWriMo, nature, poem, poetry, trust

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17 thoughts on “Nature Cares Not”

coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 2:17 am said:

You gave hope. A gift beyond measure.

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- floridaborne on April 9, 2015 at 6:43 am said:
  
  Thank you for the kind words.
  
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  - coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 9:37 am said:
    
    Your welcome. ☕️❤️. You seriously have got to so pile a poetry book. You have so many outstanding pieces.
    
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    - floridaborne on April 9, 2015 at 10:09 am said:
      
      My son is a professor and a serious poet. He has several chapbooks and poems published. Through his efforts, I’ve become painfully aware of how hard it is to sell a book of poetry. It’s hard enough to to get people to read my book, but it’s exponentially harder to sell a book of poetry.
      
      One day, when I’m rich and famous (hahahahahaha…sure…you betcha), maybe I’ll consider it. 🙂
      
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    - coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 10:12 am said:
      
      Well, dang girl, at least enter them in writing contests!!!!!
      
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    - floridaborne on April 9, 2015 at 10:14 am said:
      
      I love writing poetry as long as it’s fun. NaPoWriMo is as close to a “contest” as I want to get. Anything more than that feeds my insomnia-driven anxiety. 🙂
      
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    - coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 10:15 am said:
      
      I hear ya, I am not one to flaunt myself before the judges. I do things because I want to do them and not because I think that I have to.
      
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    - floridaborne on April 9, 2015 at 10:24 am said:
      
      I thought one of your blogs was about playing the violin. I went back to look for it and can’t find it. Can you give me the link?
      
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    - coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 10:39 am said:
      
      Oh Sweetie, that’s not me. My mother played, but in was in her younger days.
      
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    - floridaborne on April 9, 2015 at 10:44 am said:
      
      There’s nothing like being forced to play and instrument that makes you want to avoid it forever. I’ve known more than a few people who had similar experiences as your mother.
      
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coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 10:09 am said:

Compile….I just HATE auto correct!!!!!(go visit my blog, not much reading, but there are a couple flowers I want you to see.)

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- floridaborne on April 9, 2015 at 10:11 am said:
  
  I thought I was subscribed?
  
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  - coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 10:13 am said:
    
    You don’t show up on my stat analysis.
    
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    - floridaborne on April 9, 2015 at 10:15 am said:
      
      I have no idea what happened. I know I subscrbed, but when I went onto our post it said “follow” instead of “following.” That has been remedied. 🙂
      
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    - coffeegrounded on April 9, 2015 at 10:17 am said:
      
      Come for coffee, tea, and we’ll sit in the garden with our dark sunglasses on. I have light sensitivity too. Graves’ disease blessed me with it.
      
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Melinda DeLos Santos (@CanineTrackers) on April 22, 2015 at 7:32 pm said:

I guess the best genomes! 😀

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- floridaborne on April 22, 2015 at 7:56 pm said:
  
  It’s sad to lose a kitten. Love doesn’t care about flaws.
  
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