Flight Of Snow

I saw my mother, moving her mouth

And when I did not respond, she took me out

And started teaching me things, movements with her tail

Actually, it worked out pretty well

And then the tom came

With his coat of flame

And the gray she-cat

Her leg is bad

They move their mouths at my sweet mother

She doesn't seem to happy, that's not good, oh brother

And now the fire-colored tom is doing something, waving his tail and noiselessly shouting at me

Because of that tail wave, I come closer, wondering what he was doing, and gee

He did it again, that mouth moving thing

I'm starting to think: is he trying to silently sing?

Then the bad-legged cat moves her mouth at my mother

Talking to her in some secret code, telling her something or other

And then mother glares at the cat

She looks like she's staring at a carrion-place rat

She takes me into the nursery

She doesn't talk, I guess in this world silence is key

She just grooms my coat and sets me down

I wonder what I did to turn her smile into a frown

But now, I'm too tired, it's time to sleep

But the image of moving mouths, in my head I keep

When I open my eyes again

It's morning time, and I hear the chirping of a wren

I'm older now, and when I wake up

I want to go outside, not sleep like a lump

So I start playing by myself

All the other kits keep to themselves

And then, everyone scatters

I guess that it's an important matter

But nobody ever told me to go

So I keep playing by myself, as you now know

And suddenly, I'm in the air!

Something has grabbed me, something that's going to take me to its lair

My mother is running, and I try to cry out

I can't hear it, so I guess I didn't shout

Mother grabs me, pulling me down

But I don't land, the thing carrying me must weigh pounds

Then she lets go, and I feel despair

Why did you leave me? I thought you were fair

So I start crying, my heart ripped apart

You left me, dear mother, you broke my heart

I am deaf, now I know

Why else can't I hear the bawling, my tears falling like snow?

My flight is almost done

Goodbye, world...death, here I come