I was going to call this, "CAT-ASTROPHIC TRUTH" but I've been told it is a bit 'tacky' so 'A Moment With My Cat' it is......




A MOMENT WITH MY CAT

 

 

A brief but deep connection
As we lock eyes across the room
And I have a sense of pain
I feel the saddest surrender
To what life does to you
Over the incessantness of time
I watch as she so slowly settles
Muscles not so lithe in age
But wide eyes still locked with mine
Somehow it is a shared moment
Perhaps a camaradarie that we share
Age borne aches give the same knowing
There is nothing souls can do
But live out the costly gift of time
The Universe has lovingly bestowed
Different species but each enduring
Living in the same time and space
And having some symbiotic purpose
That is the perplexity of life

 

 

© Griffonner 2025





Poetry by Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2025-07-13 at 11:14

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D G Moody The PoetBay support member heart!
so beautifully put Allen. And the more we become attuned to our fellow creatures the more we understand that what brings us closer is far more than what separates us.
2025-07-31


D G Moody The PoetBay support member heart!
Sorry - duplicated
2025-07-31


Melinda K Zarate The PoetBay support member heart!
As my beautiful cat and I have moved through the last few tumultuous years of life together, I cannot imagine how I would have made it without her. She brings me comfort and, while cats are often considered aloof, my dear one is not. Each morning she wraps her arms around my neck and licks my face, often taking her front paws to pat the sides of my face as she does so. Your beautiful poem expresses how souls can be different yet beautifully connected. Thank you.
2025-07-16