Cat Comfort
White cats, in a cage
Brothers, quite rare.
Abandoned by their people.
Paw reaches out,
Taps me, “meow”
Take me, take me
I fall in love.
One was intended.
Two came home.
Three lives were saved.
Happily, ever after.
1,2,3,4,5: The Last Time I Saw You Alive.
- You’re counting the numbers on hopscotch squares:
One two three jump, five six seven jump,
You could never be patient enough to wait your next turn. - You’re counting the minutes until we are free:
Ten minutes, nine minutes, eight minutes, seven,
You could never race out of that room fast enough. - You’re counting the candles dripping wax on your cake,
fourteen years, fifteen years, sixteen years old,
You could never wait to add on another. - You’re counting the miles as they spread out behind you:
100, 200, 300 miles gone,
You could never wait to break free of this town. - I’m counting the days since they gave us the news,
10 days, 11 days, 12 days dead,
I wonder if you counted or if you just jumped,
You could never work out when you ought to slow down.
Elements
Air
i breath you
you caress me
hold me
hot or cold
every minute is you
your quality dictates mine
you send my voice far
or rip my words from my throat
water
i meet you
you greet me
as I pierce your skin
you negotiate my cells
plumping me make me more than dust
so we drink each other
earth
i tread you
you uphold me
you are the grit of my teeth
as I ingest you
in all your mineral glory
you will one day eat me in my entirety
fire
i worship you
you warm me
or beat me into blisters with you flames
without you I am form without function
slower slower until I still
mind stops all movement cease
you are my passion and I am wild with you
I am statuary without you
spirit
i acknowledge you
you laugh at my knowledge
like a toddler who realizes her cognizance
in the floating of a feather
and that memory courses through all thought
even in the null of the void
it is just me laughing at my own realizements
thats all it’s been all along
Near Dreams
Hour 2 – 7:00 AM
A stirring of emotions
felt in the thick of my throat.
Where beneath your fear is a choice to make things clear.
When the option is left to you and your years are numbered.
You’ve got to make a choice on how you steer.
Remembering advice that was once so dear.
Let that propel you to your dreams, that are oh so near.
– J.C. ©
Introduction
What a privilege to be in the august company of poets. We paint with words! I can’t find my favorite pen but I will press on. Excited to see what poetic gems the day will produce for us all. Happy writing!
The Ballad of Meowleen the Airship Pirate, pt. 1
Up above the clouds, the say
From sunset until early day
One pirate had found quite the niche
In her airship shaped just like a fish
Captain Meowleen and her nasty gang
With longest claw and sharpest fang
(And just in case that wouldn’t do
They had bombs and rayguns, too.)
They’d sneak into the Mouselandian labs at night
The mice couldn’t put up a fight
They’d steal their new machinery
And cause a huge cacophony
Cuz hey, it’s bloody fun
They’d kill some mice and run
So you see, she wasn’t loved by all
This is the tale of her eventual fall
Faith: The Final Frontier
Free will here on earth
Alter’s life’s journey sometimes.
In time, we will understand why.
The truth is always known by God.
Heaven awaits us for…
Faith is truly the final frontier.
#2, Titled: On Repeat
My mind is still sleeping.
That is the only reason
that I can find for the repetition in my brain.
Sing songs.
Sing songs of calm in my head.
“Don’t panic, no, not yet”.
Favorited lyrics with an up tempo beat.
It’s energizing me this morning,
but the repetition is wearing thin.
I’m going to have to play the song soon.
Maybe then my head will let it rest,
and probably move on to the next…
Repetition.
(…and I’m playing the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ecLVSWGcCM lol)
morning crisis
i can sit here/relaxed
comfortable in yesterday
dreaming happily/with music and songs
with sun/moon or dust
sit happily hoping for tomorrow
planning/constructing
still trying to remember
the day before this/
questions unanswered/whys and hows and who/unsolved mysteries/
like when does yesterday start and when does tomorrow end