{"id":750,"date":"2025-06-17T09:27:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=750"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:27:28","slug":"my-feline-friend-through-whiskered-eyes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/my-feline-friend-through-whiskered-eyes","title":{"rendered":"My Feline Friend &#8211; Through Whiskered Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In velvet hush of morning light,<br>She knows your scent, your steps, your might.<br>Not by name or mirror\u2019s grace,<br>But by the rhythm of your pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your voice\u2014a current, soft and low,<br>A lullaby she\u2019s come to know.<br>She reads your mood, your silent song,<br>Knows where you\u2019ve been, knows right from wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are the sun that warms her day,<br>The hand that feeds, the place to stay.<br>A giant cat? Perhaps it\u2019s true\u2014<br>Who brings the feast and smells like&nbsp;<em>you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She watches close, she learns your ways,<br>Your rituals, your nights and days.<br>A glance, a jar, the jingle sound\u2014<br>She knows when tuna will abound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet not for duty, not for praise,<br>She lives her life in catlike haze.<br>She\u2019ll heed your call, if so inclined,<br>But only if it suits her mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To her, you\u2019re kin\u2014a chosen few,<br>A creature kind, familiar, true.<br>She trusts you with her silent grace,<br>And marks her love upon your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when she purrs or steals your chair,<br>It means she sees&nbsp;<em>you<\/em>&nbsp;truly there\u2014<br>Not just as master, friend, or guide,<br>But part of her, by her side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>-Mani<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In velvet hush of morning light,She knows your scent, your steps, your might.Not by name or mirror\u2019s grace,But by the rhythm of your pace. Your voice\u2014a current, soft and low,A lullaby she\u2019s come to know.She reads your mood, your silent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/my-feline-friend-through-whiskered-eyes\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-750","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750\/revisions\/751"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}