The Ragtag Daily Prompt this morning is LONELY
and the Discover prompt: Day 2 is OPEN
Plus, it’s National Poetry Month, so here’s my response:
ANOTHER STRAY
A cold wind rattles
me and the dying leaves
as I pass, going nowhere,
alone and unseen in the dark.
The glow from a window
a jab of memory: I see again
Mom’s kitchen door open for me,
and feel her warm hug,
smell the gingerbread cookies
She knew I was so fond of.
I walk away from the warmth;
like I did years back – crazy kid!
Farther down the street I find
a scrawny cat by a garbage can,
another stray with no home.
I wonder if he’s found
anything worth eating there?
Perhaps some prodigal mouse
will venture too far from home
searching for some idiotic thrill
and find only the claws
of an insatiably hungry cat.
Christine's Collection 
Very nice poem. I like the part “crazy kid”. Don’t we all look back and think of the times we should have just been happy where we were?
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Hindsight is 20/20, they say. 🙂
Thanks for reading and commenting.
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