NaPoWriMo Day 6

Hi all, and welcome to day 6 of NaPoWriMo 2013. Today's prompt - a poem of farewell. This is a tribute to a wonderful cat named Oscar:

Farewell

A sad goodbye

To a furry friend.

For twenty-two years,

You shared our lives.

A stripy predator,

And a purring lap-cat.

From the day you arrived –

Tiny ball of fur,

So scared you hid,

Beneath the kitchen cupboard.

Until the day you died –

A little old man

Covered in fur,

Resting by the fire.

A rub of your head,

A scratch of an ear,

And you were happy,

An easy life you led,

Ruling with one tabby paw

And a soft meow.