Why do you desire to put me in a box?
A box I don’t fit in
Why do humans need to put things in boxes in order to accept something?


The Reluctant Artist
Why do you desire to put me in a box?
A box I don’t fit in
Why do humans need to put things in boxes in order to accept something?

I wait for the night
So I can live in my dream
No silence
No useless chatter
No hate
No standing in someone else’s shadow
The light shines in the darkness
Where I find myself once again
Where I find the real world
I see clearly now
Finally
In the moonlight


I don’t want to be in the dark anymore
My life has no meaning without the light
If I could soak in the sun all day-
What a good day it would be for me.
Bathing in the light
No more darkness
No more…not knowing where I stand
No more…not knowing what or who I am
And…who really loves me
Who really cares.
I want to know
Who really believes in me!
I want to know
What I am capable of!
I bathe in light- forever
My beautiful sunlight
I now reside here…instead of darkness.


What’s in the cards?
I ask myself everyday!
Will I be happy?
Will I be sad?
Will I find my way home?
Who loves me?
Who cares really?
Do you know the answers?!
Everyday I search for meaning!
Why do I have to be here?!
I look at you-
You hopeless creature!
And… I realize you need me.
You might not make it another day-
If I wasn’t here.
I am your comfort.
I’m what you love.
You would never ask me to change.
It doesn’t matter where I am
Or what I do.
You still love me.
Even all my flaws and imperfections.
My light always shines in your eyes.

I haven’t yet learned how to play the game-
The games that other cats play.
I don’t even know the rules-
I’m the odd one out
Never fitting in.

For you human-
What a trip it must be
To encounter someone like me
Shaking your world upside down
Never knowing what to expect
You see me
Knowing what you see
I walk away
Never looking back
Different worlds we belong
A close encounter it is-
Don’t know why we met
I know nothing but perplexity when I see you-
As you see me
How strange it is
This coincidence
This happenstance
Two lives perplexed
By the others needs
A strange encounter it is
Why we collide…lies beyond the stars
Yet we collided with each other
We need each other

Far, far away…
Lies a lonely dog
Sleep peaceful in a dream
An ocean scene
That calls me
Softly…
Sea mist
Fresh salmon
And sand awaits

