You’re the Human I’d Choose (Nine Lives in a Row)
If I had nine lives…
I’d spend the first one getting to know your lap.
The second one learning how your voice sounds when you say my name.
The third one watching you read, even though you keep forgetting I’m sitting on the page.
The fourth one knocking things off counters to make you laugh.
The fifth one curled in the sun, listening to your feet move through rooms I’ve already claimed.
The sixth one pretending not to care, but secretly waiting for you to come home.
The seventh one napping in the basket of clean laundry.
The eighth one purring against your chest while the world outside keeps spinning.
And the ninth?
I’d spend it saying thank you.
For every bowl.
Every blink.
Every time you stayed up too late because I was finally asleep on your chest and you didn’t want to move.
I could’ve had anyone.
But I picked you.
And I’d pick you again...
and again...
and again.
Nine lives in a row.
With all my love,
[PET NAME]
🐾 Professional Human Selector, Nine-Time Champion
