Like You Like Me

Beneath the tree of shadows doom
Lived cat of black in bitter gloom
For that black cat would fight all day
With that dark cat across the way.

It started with it throwing trash
It filled the street with so much glass
That car tires would pop and go astray
Making cat lives more risky

Across the way he didn’t like
How black cat chased right after bikes
He felt it like a hypocrite
To see garbage and throw a fit.

So meow and cry across the road
Sometimes change to fighting mode
Then one day cat across the way
Held yarn in street for cats to play

The black cat turned with claws out sharp
And dug them deep into cat heart.
Then in nine minutes nine lives left
Because the black cat was too miffed

But to surprise off all around
A cat nearby with yarn was found
It was his yarn upon the road
The cat across the way had thrown

The cat across the way was wrong
To fill the road with junk along
Because he had his life was lost
What one small accident had cost

The black cat said he’d no regrets
Its his fault, cats there end had met
Yet next day cat ran near a bike
A car swerved quickly at the sight

The black cat waited for the pain
But car was stopped in other lane
Its tires flat had been subdued
From shattered glass still in the road

From there he learned cat cross the way
Had words he didn’t like to say
But he had words that were bad too
What was he supposed to do?

You see both thought life was at risk
With the other cat going amiss.
So what shall be the outcome here
Like you like me, on different sphere

Like you like me, we want what’s good
Like you like me, we stand for should
Like you like me, our paths divert.
Like you like me, hope you don’t hurt.