Post by Sathien on Feb 15, 2004 11:07:48 GMT -5
Innermorphosis
Away from the confines of the house,
devoid of warmth,
surrounded by the chill,
and mosquitoes feeding on her bleeding veins…
the cat watches -
- as she curls into a ball,
chest heaving of muffled pain,
eyes rimmed with red unknown to man
the cat listens -
- as pregnant tears drop
and create a pool of melancholy
only to be absorbed by her cold wrinkled skin
the cat watches and listens -
- in heightening awe
as she rocks back and forth
until the she that she was became…
unfamiliar
yet familiar
to a daughter’s glassy vision
of herself changing to a cat,
unable to do anything
but watch and listen
as the mother she knew
turned
into the daughter that she was.
Away from the confines of the house,
devoid of warmth,
surrounded by the chill,
and mosquitoes feeding on her bleeding veins…
the cat watches -
- as she curls into a ball,
chest heaving of muffled pain,
eyes rimmed with red unknown to man
the cat listens -
- as pregnant tears drop
and create a pool of melancholy
only to be absorbed by her cold wrinkled skin
the cat watches and listens -
- in heightening awe
as she rocks back and forth
until the she that she was became…
unfamiliar
yet familiar
to a daughter’s glassy vision
of herself changing to a cat,
unable to do anything
but watch and listen
as the mother she knew
turned
into the daughter that she was.
