In The Balance
In The Balance
The worldly cat creeps
along the mossy wall
below the bird-feeder.
Danger lurks in every
shadowy corner where
life has opened eyes.
A bird alights in want
of seed then drops
below for the fallen.
As the lunge begins
the bird flies up; only
to be snagged mid-air.
Sharp claws, a bite, a few
hind kicks and strewn
feathers leaves no struggle.
The cat is being the cat
doing what it has been
designed, created to do.
She leaves the blue bird
I’d loved at the door stoop
where she’d laid
the little grey mouse
the day before
as a token, a gift of love
The world is fierce,
and the heart is divine;
life is the balance.
© RH Peat 12/28/2011 12:05pm
form: 9 tercets/ 27 lines.
Ralph L. Jones Jr.
So many starlings, so few bluebirds. The cat's essence is in your words.
So many starlings, so few bluebirds. The cat's essence is in your words.
Sandra Martyres
"The cat is being the cat doing what it has been designed, created to do." A brilliant write as usual Ron...But I feel so sad about the poor blue bird
"The cat is being the cat doing what it has been designed, created to do." A brilliant write as usual Ron...But I feel so sad about the poor blue bird
Sylvia Frances Chan
How a good tribute to your cat, Ron! I love this so truthful memo's about a cat, so very true. Love all your nine tercets, Ron! I have a very decent cat at home, a black one, she does not do like other cats, perhaps she cannot find any mouse, and a bird she only could make them fly away...perhaps my cat has become too human, and your cat is still the cat In The Balance....Good poetry, love it!
How a good tribute to your cat, Ron! I love this so truthful memo's about a cat, so very true. Love all your nine tercets, Ron! I have a very decent cat at home, a black one, she does not do like other cats, perhaps she cannot find any mouse, and a bird she only could make them fly away...perhaps my cat has become too human, and your cat is still the cat In The Balance....Good poetry, love it!
Frank James Ryan Jr./FjR
Ah, the curious ,intrepid and brazen fury feline, indeed!Love Cats, but they do employ each of their alleged 9 lives to dictate their agenda to their owners....and get away with it....Then again, how they can warm your life when they come down off their pedastil to grab some humanoid attention.....Your last stanza rocks, R.H. !A Healthy & Happy to you & yours, Ron ! ~FjR~
Ah, the curious ,intrepid and brazen fury feline, indeed!Love Cats, but they do employ each of their alleged 9 lives to dictate their agenda to their owners....and get away with it....Then again, how they can warm your life when they come down off their pedastil to grab some humanoid attention.....Your last stanza rocks, R.H. !A Healthy & Happy to you & yours, Ron ! ~FjR~
The cats and the claws designed on the wheel of the master sculptor centred on the keel of life . Rotations happen because the hands of time keep it balanced..