Frank this is amazing! Thank you for sharing, and yes, it is nice when our loved ones return and visit in our dreams!

She laid by his bared feet
at the foot of his bed
though in his dream they’d meet
which they did in his head.
.
For this sleek black feline
she’d been in there before
such she’d never decline
as that cat he’d adore.
A myth it couldn’t be
that her claws touched his toes
as the dreaming did he
was about that she knows.
.
The dream she boldly caught
that night she did invade
was the dream she had sought
the dream she’d long delayed.
Within she placed her claws
upon his sleep-bound feet
all performed with no flaws
then and there they did meet.
.
Though not feeling abused
by prickling on his toes
he still looked down confused
at each of five toes, two rows.
.
Naught of her did he find
in his dream created
though back to wakened mind
he saw her and stated
‘Mimi, it’s you — you rascal!’
yet he still adored her
while finding special
her response, a smooth ‘mrrrrr’.
.
From the thick mattress down
she landed easy goes
as he said, ‘You little clown —
you leave alone my toes.’
Thought she: ‘Again we’ll meet
as you dream fast asleep
when the toes on your feet
from my paws you cannot keep.’

Hi Stephanie, thanks for reading us and sharing your story. It might be a case of rodents and small mammals relocating after the hurricane, most times cats can scent them even if we can’t. However, our recommendation would be to play it safe and have her checked by the vet to ensure pain or a medical condition is not behind her sudden change of behavior. Good luck!