Two Words

 Two words to remember: life and light.

Mornings—tiny wonderlands.

Nights—half-hearted nightmares.

There’s little life at night,

save for my feline kin,

who stalk the hush between streetlamps.

If they must choose between the chase

and the bowl’s small clatter of nibbles,

they’ll take the hunt—

Yet somewhere in their whiskered thoughts

waits for the bowl,

and a slow hand tracing their head.

Three words to remember: life, light, and love—

a pet on the head,

a peck on the cheek.

28 October, 2025