Sally Eslinger Poet Prose Poetry

Devotion Poem, Cat Steps

Devotion Poem,  Cat Steps

(Written for Jim Eslinger

Carefully I near him. He is curled up...sleek.  Eyes 
closed, perhaps not asleep.  He sees.  He will run.

He blends into hallway shadows. The light plays over 
his outline. He steps within silence, outside hearing.

His devotion is fully committed to the circle he has 
drawn around me: my lap his bed; my heart  his

domain, entering whenever with  assumption — 
which I embrace as true.  This dear cat, my leopard

when poised so....Aloof, yet overseeing everything,
 including outside, where he travels by looking

through windowpanes.   Too, I have caught how he 
wears dreams of short escape, his eyes fix on spaces

of voids across the room.   He pauses to listen 
through doors.  He sees around corners.  When,

if ever he decides to go off for some while, I hope he 
lets me follow.  My sight stills on his glowing spots.

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(c) sally Young eslinger 2/2021

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Jennifer Fenn March 20, 2021 at 8:41 PM You captured the personality of a cat and the wonder we have of what they see and think so well! Sally Eslinger March 21, 2021 at 10:47 PM Jennifer. Thank you for stopping to read & comment. We miss having our cats. The last died 3 yrs ago. This is also a metaphor for my husband in every way as described :) good to see you. Hugs

Robert Lindley February 9, 2021 at 6:23 PM A great and deep panorama of imaginative verse born from love and a true poet's heart. Such that inspired comradeship with either man or beast so oft brings. A unity that exceeds the limits of the physical world. A fav my friend. God bless... Sally Eslinger February 9, 2021 at 6:49 PM Robert! Oh my thanks for your words of support. It might give a hint that this is one Devotion Poem in that series that I won’t show my husband. The leopard...then I, who can hardly see or hear haha check my Devotion Poem, Snow Leopards below for a contrast. Hugs! Sally Eslinger February 9, 2021 at 6:36 PM Robert! Oh my thanks for your words of support. It might give a hint that this is one Devotion Poem in that series that I won’t show my husband. The leopard...then I, who can hardly see or hear haha check my Devotion Poem, Snow Leopards below for a contrast. Hugs!

Caren Krutsinger February 8, 2021 at 9:41 PM This is so beautifully done; your leopard sounds heavenly, "he sees around corners" - for sure! Sally Eslinger February 9, 2021 at 6:44 PM LOL Caren...that’s meant to imply he can see me doing things I might want him not to, like trying to pull things off the floor to put on the bed where I already keep my pens, markers, gel crayons, 2 notebooks, 2 sketchbooks, you get the idea, it’s a hosp bed...can’t get up 4 stuff, gotta have it by me :)