#freeverse #poetry
We are together in the confines of the house.
Yet we are islands within its rooms.
The cats and I taking an afternoon nap.
Me, because of insomnia and pain,
the cats – just because they can.
They conserve their energy through sleep.
I have none to conserve as fatigue overtakes
the excruiating pain of sore joints and limbs.
We sleep and we dream the cats and I.
They dream of climbing trees and catching birds.
My dreams are full of pain and suffering.
Writhing in a darkness without seeing or
hearing, just feeling the pain until I cry out,
for the arms of the angels to catch me.
I beg for healing for acceptance and understanding. To rest, to sleep, to heal.
My cats just live in the here and now.
They follow their daily routine like clockwork.
The scars of trauma lie heavy upon me.
It has wormed it's way into my psyche.
Forgiveness is a powerful tool – if only I could
let it go! Be rebrthed in a pain free body.
To have a mind where the ego is dead,
But life is all about the light in the darkness.
As the cats gather and conserve their life force,
so must I in the forgiving of myself and others.
Be like the cats in their meticulous self care.
Live each moment in the here and in the now.
Let time erase the trauma from body and mind.
Allow sleep and rest to be my two guardians
against the noise and stress of modern life.
Raise my vibration in joy and compassion!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
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