Scaredy Cat

My lifelong pet who grew pretty fat through the years

On a diet of worry, uncertainty, and fears

You watch me move toward dreams and aspirations

With a disapproving look, you cause me hesitations

I wish you would just leave and run away

Disappear altogether and become a stray

My actions betray my wishes as I keep your bowl full

I give you what you need, how could you resist that pull

I care for you better than I do for myself

And I keep you on a pedestal, high on the shelf

Because even if you should fall you won’t meet defeat

Everybody knows cats always land on their feet

I tried to lock you out with books with pages of locks

But your ship always comes back in with me sitting on the dock

I tried to fight fire with water so I got a dog, fearless and apathetic

But you turned that Pit into a Poodle with facts and what could happen, pathetic

Assassination was my next plan, you can’t nag if your not alive

But you had too many lives, I gave up around five

So I just decided to give up and not to fight it

I’m still not completely happy, but your going on a diet