"Shadow Cat "

© Susan Blandford 2001

It lies dozing beneath my chest
My sleeping tears
Smoke permeates the empty chimney
My creeping fears
Of Absence
Of shadow nothings
Of memory sounds
Your eyes gleam in my head
In last goodbyes
You lie alone out there
With me in here
Waiting
For the moment to grieve
My sleeping tears
My creeping fears
Of Absence.

Nov 2001