I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving! Thank you for the support you have given me!

HOP, HOP, HOPE


First, it was a sharp pain of anger,

Accompanied by yowls of sorrow.

Why must this limp be permanent?

It'll still be there tomorrow.


I'll never be a good warrior,

No, not Hopkit, not I.

I don't want to be a medicine cat,

Even if I was forced to try.


A paw as useless as crowfood,

A fat mouse would be hard to kill.

No, not Hopkit, not I,

Would even have half that skill.


A voice in my head,

Continued to plea.

"Don't give up and become,

The warrior you want to be."


When Talltail made it clear,

He had so much faith in me,

It gave me the strength,

To turn back, and refuse to flee.


"Deadpaw, we welcome you,

As an apprentice of Wind."

Accepted to train to be a warrior,

Was more than I could comprehend.


From days of angry grief,

And times when I used to mope,

To where I sit as deputy,

Hop, hop hope.


Because of one's faith and compassion,

I can sprint and quickly lope

A kit no longer,

But a deputy with hope.