Hazy gray-gold light
Patterns on the wall.
Mystical.
Creaking door,
A frisky tail, and she pounces
Ever so light.
She prances,
Arches her back, kneads deep into the blanket,
And collapses.
I curl around her,
A snug cocoon.
One.
Her eyes mere slits
A faint meow,
Contented.
A caressing hand,
Smoothing her rumpled fur,
Soft and warm like gingerbread.
I rest my hand near her heart,
Listen to her raspy purr.
Close my eyes.
And I doze off again.
Enveloped,
In the gray-gold morning light.
Baltimore, Maryland
