My Kitten Knows – (Poetry)

This is a little poem that I composed years back. As I recall, I was waiting at an airport for a connecting flight on the way home from a very long and difficult trip. I just started writing and this poem popped out. Enjoy.

My Kitten Knows

My kitten knows.
Quiet She, but can see...
Things inside.
Things I must hide...
From others who dare not know the truth about me.

Feelings inside that stay.
And feelings inside that say...
How I care about you.
And all you do...

For sometime when we can play.
How it will happen I dare not say.

No one knows my secret raw...
How I broke the sacred law...
And fell in love...
With one so pretty.

No one knows...
Except my kitty.

For here I am. 
Alone.
In the dark.

Thinking of you and the mark...
... you made on my heart.
Dear. Let's not stay apart...
...too much longer.

And when you see a kitten near...
Please, please remember me dear...

For feelings we so boldly hold...
Are shared with cats that know them cold.

As I recall, I read this poem at a poetry recital in Boston sometime in the late 1990’s. The beatnick wanna-bes and the cute girls in the sheepherder clothing all did seem to dig it. As did the lesbian couples, and the lone chain-smoking bongo-drum player.

I wrote up a ton load of poems. All lost amongst the debris of time. This is the only one that I remember, and the only one that I wish to share at this moment in time. If there is one things that I would like to be remembered for, it would be for my love of wine, my love of friends and companions, and my passion for poetry.

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