"When she was home she was a swan when she was out she was a tiger and a tiger in the wild is not tied to anyone when she was lost she was a toad the day I found her on the road I gave her water and a rose and as she stretched the sun rose go go go away when she was young she was a cow and all day long she milked the stars she taught me women to survive must be unfaithful to their child of all the wonders of the world she was a lady with a bird she must have had so many lives was it the first? was it the last? go go go away when she was ill she was a whale she was so patient she would wait until I sang her by the lane the sweetest tunes to ease her pain when she was old she was an owl I saw her swaying in the sky and when she died inside my arms I realised she was a cat Go Go go away sometimes I wonder if my child will have her eyes to see through me and when I die and I am born again what will I be a cat? a stone? a tree?"
