Wednesday, November 12, 2025

bracing for impact

The curled white hind paws of my cat are bracing to run or for impact


        fight or  f l  i    g      h        t



she sits, unbothered, when I step over her in the stairwell

but flinches when I brush her leg softly with my fingers


I passively wonder why she learned to fear gentleness more than imminent danger

and is she the only one?

unreachable, therefore unreached

A light shining in a place unreachable without effort

will remain left on too long until it burns out


bracing for impact

The curled white hind paws of my cat are bracing to run or for impact           fight or  f l  i    g      h        t she sits, unbothered, ...