cat people

lonely means
spaces dark and wonderful

paths apart from 

underfunded you

lonely means

a cat with eyes so blue

snaking round the corners

of your heart

when a kiss goodnight

holds everything in its grasp

until you find me

out of reach

like a stingless wasp

lonely means

the music that I understand

poetry of a mindful land

where sentiment 

has not forgotten

hail still crushes streets

of Manhattan

oligarchs are so uncertain

when the question

bends the endgame

when the first thing

leads to something

alone and uncertain

the cat lifts its head

like a regal curtain

this is you

your stage

that unending dissertation

of all that has failed you

i am mindful of the 

great exertion

pay heed and retreat

like my wounds and repeat

lonely means
spaces dark and wonderful

paths we tread

together toward extinct

i am yours

you are mine

until the near end of time

in spaces dark and wonderful

you are mine

i am yours

forever divine