Scribbled Thoughts

Sleep close by

and grow accustomed

to your presence, scent,

until an association of calm

is forever attached

and we’ll live together

as siblings

undefined by species.

Rearrange my life

for a whim you created

while you continue

as normal,

accepting changes

that benefit you

while I sacrifice

opportunities that

may never come again.

Pack and place,

entice attention

and lift your worth

so that, maybe,

someone will

remember you.

Crisis to the core,

hide it with crusted layers

and disguise the anguish,

the despair,

the lack of hope

that rests

at your centre.

Smile and deceive

even yourself.

Track your progress,

the journey to meeting me

and entering my life.

Unexpected delays

alter our destiny,

forcing actions you

didn’t want,

with first impressions

we can never take back.

Have you found

the post code?

Click on to spy,

your oblivious innocence

never realising

I can see you sleeping.

A sigh of relief

that you are content alone

as I return

to earning your keep.

Unexpected reprieve

at the beginning

to ease your tired soul

back into the grind

after too short

a time away.

Blend and blur

reality until

days are jumbled

and no escape

is in sight.

Life used to be

a line,

not a circle.

Energy levels low,

drained with

too much youth

until a day of dozing

and snuggles

is the only way

to restore your

sense of self.

Maybe.