Second Time Around's a Charm

I took this photo of a Corvallis homeless camp female when I trapped her a few months back. I re-released her back to the area before I realized that development going on there made the cats' futures in the area non-existent. I re-trapped her last night. My how she's grown. She will go to a barn home today along with the young male trapped and fixed last week from the same locale.

I Am The Cat Woman

I am the cat woman
I help the strays
I will answer their call
to the end of my days

I am the cat woman
unleashed on the night
For the unloved and unwanted
I carry light

I am the cat woman
burying a dove
Crying to the stars
that hover above

I am the cat woman
who wants only love
Who pleads with the moon
shining above

I am the cat woman
with a lioness heart
beating hardness and mercy
as it’s torn apart