Nursery Cat

 

Nursery Cat

Changeling. Shape Changer. Shifter

from

father to

black

cat

seeking

night-time nursery visits for

nameless

bedtime act.

Cat eyes gleaming.

Evil soul.

That cat stole

into my space.

Shared my

place.

Touched my face.

Icy claws.

Then

left

tears.

Raw, dark fears.

I am a Changling.

Shape Changer.

Shifter from happy to sad

Daylight to dark

Confident…then not.

Heaven then hell.

All is not well for that

child who time

shape-changed to a lover.

Then, a mother

and who will now

and forever…and

still be

a changeling child

stalked by

that…

wild

black…

nursery cat.

Eileen Schuh, Canadian writer www.eileenschuh.com