A kitty who doesn’t belong

When I was a small kitty
I lived in a smoky city 
People too busy to take pity
On a starving little kitty

Pests and rats 
Same as cats 
Beggar trash  
So they’d thrash 

Run, run, on all fours
A kitten’s never safe outdoors 
Run, run, past all stores 
Humans always lock their doors 

From now on, I’ll be strong 
I’ll be right when the world’s wrong 
Even when I’ll never belong 
I’ll keep meowing my lonely song 

Run, run, far away 
From the city, finally today 
Run run, little stray
Find a new place to stay 

Now, I’m a kitten no longer 
Despite having grown stronger -
People are now kind 
and don’t kick me
or leave me behind 
no longer 
They say “Such a good kitty”
With gentle eyes 

Surely,
It must all be lies