The Muse's Curse

When a cat knows best.

Oh Star

How can I

Be angry

At you?

As you lie

Across my workbook

Trying to send

A message

To me.

"Go to bed

Crazy human

You need it".

But

My muse compels me

To write

So I must.

Even through

You're right

I do need

Hypnos' gift.

Just one more stanza

I promise

Then lights out

Until morning.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that's too funny having a cat telling a human to go to bed, especially since sleeping seems to be a cat's job...mine just moves from place to place and sleeps....

i keep asking her to get a job to help pay the rent, she just looks at me with that expression of "you are kidding, right?"

[therisa]

Well, Jacob, my writing workbook, is Star's bed, which she sleeps upon.

[Rene Salinas]

Great fire of conviction in here. I commented on the technical side of writing the other day and the comments went "Pear Shape" so I will refrain from commenting on that side, but the feeling of becoming overwhelmed by an intention that needs conception and therefore you are pushed to become the vessel. To hear carefully then to tranpose from a fleeting idealism to a structure and form and then with humbleness let it go.

Great feelings

Thankyou

[therisa]

Thank you, Rene. The credit belongs to Star, a cat that I took in, more than 3 years ago, as an abused kitten. She has been my inspirations for many poems, over the years.

[xFlightlessBird]

This describes me when I'm trying to sleep and I have so many thoughts and ideas in my head so I wake up and write down all of them. After writing them I feel lighter and better and able to sleep. Succinct and wonderful poem. Relatable as well.

[therisa]

Thank you, xFlightless, am sorry you can relate to this poem. For me, this poem is part of the outgrowth of my inability to shut down my hyper-activity of my mind, from my various anxiety disorders and PTSD. There are some nights, I can't sleep, until 4 am or later.

[xFlightlessBird]

Either way it's a beautiful poem to relate to :)

[xFlightlessBird]

Either way it's a beautiful poem to relate to :)

[therisa]

Thank you, for your kind words, xFlightless.

[xFlightlessBird]

You're welcome :)