LIKE OUR CAT <br /> <br />Like our cat <br />I am older <br />And like to rest more <br /> <br />The cat now wobbles as it walks <br />Where once it was graceful <br />It does everything with less enthusiasm <br />Sleeps and wakes and sleeps again <br />It just does not enjoy life as it once did <br /> <br />Like our cat <br />I am older <br />And knowing it try harder <br />I was never so graceful as our cat <br />But I walk more than ever before <br />And try to believe I am still alright <br /> <br />Like our cat <br />I am older <br />And like our cat <br />One day <br />I am going to die-<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/like-our-cat/