because we love kittens so much?

Why do we love cats?

We love cats
because they walk as if dancing
across the borders of the world,
with the elegance of the ancient
and the mystery of that which is never fully revealed.

Because they look at us
as if they know something
we've forgotten.

Because they purr close to the heart
like an invisible lullaby,
a gentle heartbeat that reminds us
that being calm is also loving.

Because they don't obey us,
and yet they choose us.

Because they are fire and fog,
silence and shadow,
a caress that comes when you least expect it
and leaves just when you want it.

We love cats
because they are little storms
dressed in velvet,
who teach us
that freedom is not at odds with affection.

And because, in their feline gaze,
sometimes we think we see
a fragment of a wild soul
that also lives within us.