Cat’s Cry
How your crying disturbs me
Makes me sit up and take notice
And listen to your distress
To your prowling round the room
Along the edges and into deep corners
Seeking among the shifting shadows
Something that is not there
And that you will never find
The pitiful, lonely sound
That mewling tone
Of fear and desperation
Catches at me, snags on something
That makes me want to comfort you
To tell you that it’s alright
That I’m always here for you
But you do not understand me
When I try to soothe you
The words carry no sense
In your feline world
And soon the frenzy passes
Back into forgetfulness
And your normal cool indifference
As you cease to enquire
Into the meaning of your existence
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2015
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