Sunday, October 08, 2006
My New Gentleman Friend
So I have this new friend that I’ve known for about a week. He’s very sweet, very affectionate and very quiet...in a wise way. He always wears black and white and he lives in my neighborhood. The day he introduced himself to me, he was quite demanding about it. Sometimes he greets me in the morning but most of the time he greets me when I come home.
Often we will just sit on the steps to my building and talk a little bit, do a little touching and then are quite content to sit and enjoy nature or people watch. There’s never any pressure to be someone I’m not when he’s around; he accepts me exactly as I am as I do him. He seems to always know just exactly how much attention I’m needing at the moment before settling down beside me, comfortably simply to enjoy my company.
Earlier today, on my way back from an errand, I saw him as I was walking down the sidewalk, again waiting outside the door to my building. Other people walked by him and one tried to engage him in some sort of interaction but I noticed, with a little bit of smugness, that he did not care to get to know those people. I immediately felt honored to know that he trusts me and likes to be with me; that I’m special to him while others don’t mean a thing to him.
I walked up to him, we said hello, we gave each other some affection and then we sat down on the steps to enjoy the early morning quiet. It was really nice to spend some quality time with him. Neither of us ever gets upset if the other has to leave; it’s like we have an understanding. We know that we will be back for more. I don’t worry about him, he doesn’t worry about me. We just appreciate each other and what time we do have to give each other.
It’s a beautiful friendship.
I don’t know his name. I don’t know his past. I don’t know much more about him than what we share. And that’s okay. I don’t pry nor does he. We just let each other be.
I already love him....my friend....the little black and white stray cat who has picked me over everyone else to share time with. There are days I realize that I am truly blessed.
