Day 15 ~ Kind to the Cat

Kind to the cat

So cruel to me,

Yet so kind to the cat.

So good at growing roses.

Horses would turn and follow you.

You could calm a nervous rabbit.

Sometimes you were nice to me,

or simply you ignored me,

both a rare relief.

A day of peace and mildness,

But not enough to balance your drunken wildness.

The cat had the sense to disappear.

Its exit had been granted.

Every day I wished I could leave,

be free of you.

That wasn’t what you wanted.

So cruel to me,

but kind to the cat.

That’s the strangeness I saw inside you.

© A.Chakir 2023