God is courting me!

In the darkness of the morn

ankle deep in 

mud of late winter

early spring

Sadie

Queen of the Pasture

supreme

nuzzles me

restless and predatory

wandering 

the vastness of my living room

multicolored and sleek

Tess

the jungle cat 

takes a moment

and with questioning eyes

rubs against me

and raises her mostly silent voice

to say hello

"squeak"

ah

there from my computer screen

fresh from facebook

so many miles away

perched on the other side of America

in her high chair

full of herself

full of life

full of cheerios 

Mara beams

God is courting me