The PURR of ENCHANTMENT!

I met a cat
She had the loveliest fur
Spangled with streaks of enchantment
And possessing the most enticing purr
Eyes illumined with flecks of blue
Emanating an ethereal light,.
Unfathomably knowing and true

Love, brimming over with torrid intensity
Welled up inside me
Wiping out all traces of despondency
Had never  been very fond of cats
But she was different
Who could resist that wet, tiny nose
That shimmered with nascent dew?
Or those eyes; tranquil oceans of insatiable hope?
Or that almost musical mew?

 I wanted to give her a home
The diminutive bundle of fur and bewitchment
Couldn’t leave her there, all alone
That porcelain-doll fragility
Those soft, endearing cries
Reverberating with entrancing serenity
Picked the kitten up, held her my arms
Stroking that magic-flecked fleece
The gentle purring, the contented mews
Resonating like the rustle of restless leaves
As I shut my eyes in blissful oblivion.
I put her down, gave her a nudge
Pushed her away, couldn’t take her home
She was already owned by, or rather owned
Somebody else, never to be my own

It’s been weeks since the day
I first fell in love
With that feline of tantalizing unattainability
Now tucked away somewhere
In the archives of time
Drowned in the sea of daily humdrumness
Resurfacing with dwindling regularity
But she'll stay with me forever
The most imploring pair of eyes
Those bewitchingly beguiling waters of blue
That glimmered gleefully

With the thousand and one hues of the summer sky
Etched into my soul.