An angel came to me one day

An angel came to me one day,

A ball of fur in hand.

The angel gave the ball to me,

As we stood there in the sand.

She said to me, "It's just a loan,

For only a short time."

And she would surely return one day,

For the ball of fur wasn't mine.

I looked down at the ball of fur,

Two eyes stared back at me.

I fell in love upon that day,

As I held it close to me.

Years went by and my love grew,

As close friends we became.

I looked down at my ball of fur,

Life was never again the same.

No matter where I found myself,

My friend would be there, too.

Then one day the angel came,

I didn’t know what to do.

She said that now the time had come,

To take my friend back home.

I watched her leave with tear filled eyes,

As I remembered “It's just a loan.”

(Hoyt Northcutt)

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