Sally Eslinger Poet Free verse

State of Being

State of Being

       (written for Mike Eslinger)

The herons fly overhead,
Flapping past, swooning cclouds,
Scaring cats, who
Along with their feline cousins

Don’t realize they aren’t the be all end all
At all.  Stop bothering to sit so aloof.
Lick your paws and listen: there’s a God above,
Who, if he hadn’t given us humans the Word,
,
We’d be down here scampering all around,
 The way we tend to, afraid of giant, dotted flies
Overhead, ready to proclaim they rule.  We’d be
Swooning the moon, and still chirping like birds.

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(c) sally Young eslinger 1/2/21
Thanks be to God

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Caren Krutsinger January 9, 2021 at 9:36 AM You have penned the personality of cats ever so well here. "Don’t realize they aren’t the be all end all- at all!" Ha!

Victor Buhagiar January 2, 2021 at 11:15 PM I am sure God knows His creation and would always give us all the help we need. ~~ Sally Eslinger January 3, 2021 at 9:44 AM Hi Victor, come for coffee & we’ll talk this a few hours. Welll, he gives us all we need but many reject the all he gives & him. Plus, he gives to the faithful. Both thos points are sorta what this poem is about. Be well!