Meow to ask for what you want.
Position yourself in a comfortable place and wait.
Breathe while you make a nest of your owner’s jacket.
You own the space,
not the other way round.
You don’t have to say anything else.
Watch as she meets your needs
Softly, slowly,
Going to your level—
She will cock her head and
listen to your purrs,
Pat you in a calm rhythm,
Even though
There are a swirl of thoughts
In your hooman’s mind.
It is only natural,
for they take on too much.
They try to be everything,
but you must teach them to be nothing.
In her mind,
she creates questions
she doesn’t know the answers to–
Just to torture herself.
But she watches you close your eyes
And stret—ch.
You teach her to be in the moment
To let the dust in her mind
Remain.
Again, she watches you
Seconds turn into eternity,
but this time,
she does not reach for her phone.
There is a smile on her face.
You smile the best a cat can.
Purrs rumble through your being.
You know she has the answer
To what she was looking for.