Five years on
Don’t know where
The cat has gone
We bought the house
And her owner left her
Poor Annabelle kitten
There were plenty other
Street cats and kittens
In our neighborhood
Still we put out kibble
For our defacto pet
Annabelle
At first she stayed close
To the house and would
Greet us from the porch
She ran away from
The feral ones
On our street
Terrified
Abandoned animal
On her own
I haven’t seen
Annabelle
In five years
Somehow I know
She’s no longer
Scared