sometimesihatemycat

Once
I stretched
Myself
Long
Like a cat
In the sun
And let
Myself
Be loved
Allowed
His hands
To smooth
My soft
Underbelly
While my
Fingers
And
Toes
Reached
The Ether

But now I’ve 
Pulled myself in
Crouched under cars
From the quick
Changing winds
Trusting no human hand
I am feral again

-me

~ by April on March 3, 2023.

Posted in Body, Loss, Love, Nature, Poetry
Tags: Animal, Animals, Betrayal, Cat, Domesticated, Feral, Love, Poetry, Trust, vulnerability, Wild