The Cat's Meow

Don't let me sleep...
        please...
The pain is intense...
        I'm afraid...
Don't let me sleep...
        don't leave me...
Please...please...
            I'm afraid...
Don't go...
           ...it hurts...
                 ...no, sleep... 

Author's Note

The vet killed my cat. Irony at it's finest.

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

your cat just died i'm not surprised you can't sleep. it sounds like it comes from a person who have night terrors and dreads falling asleep. great poem.

[Intern'l Shultzfeather]

Striking little trip. Had me going deep with analysis and self reflection. Thanks

[An owl on the moon]

What a sadness here.. I used to work at an animal shelter.. was hard to see abandoned and sick animals.. So very sorry..