cat on the sill

fearing the outside while the inside is the real enemy

cat on the sill

 

there is a yellow-pawed cat

sitting and licking

outside on the sill,

peering inside as

I try to break out;

doors barricaded by

my illness and draped

in crape

by my fears…

locked away by my instincts

and heckled by my past,

wishing I was a golden-tailed cat

looking in instead of wishing

myself out.

 

dan © 2015

Music: "Stray Cat Strut" performed by the Stray Cats

Author's Note

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

You know I love this...I'm such a cat fanatic, but I love all animals. I grew up with everything, from a hamster to a ferret, but cats and dogs are my favorite.

I love how you wrote this, Dan. There's a calm about it, yet there's so much mystery, each provoking us to look deeper.

Have you begun to thaw yet from all the snow and cold? I hope so...take care!

[dan]

Today is in the upper 40s...time to break out the tank tops and cargo shorts. Thanks so much for the kind review. We actually DO have a yellow cat that sits on our sill...we have a few ferals around and this one is super tame-like, we let him in and feed him, let him sleep for awhile. We call him Dandelion and he comes in and acts like he owns the place. My buddy. take care...dan

[Kelly Scheppers]

It doesn't surprise me that you have such a compassionate heart. What an awesome name...Dandelion! What a cool buddy you are!

[dan]

If my wife and I had our way our townhouse would rival Noah's Ark in the animal head count department. All we are aloud to have is birds (and a ferret that the landlord does not know about...shhhhhhh!) take care...dan

[ANTO]

Im so with the writer here. It is hard to watch the world go on while we are self-imprisoned and not feel jealous. So with you on this Dan. I'm glad you wrote this one!! Well done my friend. ;)

[dan]

Thank you, Anto...what a coincidence, I was going to use this hour to visit old friends' pages and you were in alphabetic first place! I'm heading there now. Thanks so much for your review, always a pleasure to hear from you. take care...dan

[ANTO]

You're welcome Dan - thank you !!