Whiskers, grins and cups of tea,
Added to ceaseless talk and sleepless nights.
And yes, the knowledge built up of a life,
Hindered by all that could have been.
"I could recite those quotes, you know,
If I'd had a proper education." Yet,
He does not know that his are the quotes,
I have, do and always will recite, before bed.

Some days I hear him struggle, and I
Know he wants my help but I,
I never go. "He has gone this long."
Some day I will regret, all the
Sundays spent with people I didn't
Love instead. Some days,
He changes my world with a breath,
Then puts on boots, and goes to work.