Bed With My Cat and A Chocolate Bar

*Written for the Ten Lines From Ten Poem Poetry Contest on Poetry Soup My tongue, the warmth, my eyes close again. I breathe steady while I blink consciously, chocolate on my breath, in my underwear, fresh lipstick on. You’ve fallen in love with me. You told me. In my heart, you are my black-eyed pea. Night falls electric blue, then I go to bed alone – every night. My little fire of an orange cat will crawl onto me – reach out and press my face with his paw. The birds always at my window, The machinery of life is too much, I fall like this out of this world into the darkness — thank you. Poems Line 1 – The Peace in Rice Line 2 - Breathing Lessons Line 3 - The Adam Poem Line 4 - Dainty Pea Line 5 - beside city bridge Line 6 - I Look at Trees Line 7 - I Have a Little Fire of an Orange Cat Line 8 - The Blizzard Line 9 - Marshall, December 16, 2024 Line 10 – Warmer Mind Sway