If I told you hawks' secrets, <br />Should you listen... <br />If I whispered willow shadows, <br />Would you listen... <br />If I sang the ice of fire, <br />Could you listen... <br /> <br />A cat lay soft on garden wall. <br />A cat then gently slept. <br />A cat play-pawed the dawn <br />A cat Night's ending kept. <br /> <br />If I spoke the sands of Sun, <br />Would you turn away... <br />If I chanted mist to life, <br />Could you turn away... <br />If I laughed your nightmare fears, <br />Should you turn away... <br /> <br />A cat lay soft on garden soil. <br />A cat so gently slept. <br />A cat once purred into the Day <br />A cat had playfully kept. <br /> <br />Listen, listen, listen... <br />I heard the cat <br />Call my name... <br /> <br /> <br />*Note: Thanks to Margaret Craven's book, 'I Heard The Owl <br />Call My Name'...this last line is owed to her....<br /><br />elysabeth faslund<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-hear-the-cat-listen-listen/
