RAIN STEPPING INSIDE A DOOR BACK IN THE '63 OF A YOUNG CORK MORNING

sudden sun shower
steps inside
the cottage door

held in light
like a blessing
God given

and I the child
on the threshold
eyes filled

with the wonder
of it all
smile

rain and sun both
kissing my face
together

waiting for
the feral kitten
to emerge from the hedge

to approach me
with all its cuteness
and savagery

not heeding Auntie's
warning
to pet it

as here
in this now
we exist

young child
young kitten
coming together

and I only
a moment away
from being almost

savaged to death
by the kitten's
cute ferocity

drenched to the skin
held in the dream
of this phenomenon

the moment glistening
and all aglow
in a world of its own