Misunderstood

So misunderstood
since you never took the time
or bothered to learn
from this life of crime.

My eyes and yours
don’t see the same
and no matter what
I can’t take all the blame.

You think there is only
one simple and clear way
but I know for a fact,
lies are all you say.

Walk just one day
in the steps that I take
and see if your life
can be anything but fake.

© Autumn Siders 2018

A Cat’s Diary

February 3, 2018

Dear Diary,

Today was rough. I awoke at 4am to find my servants still asleep. What’s a cat to do? So of course I tried to wake them. I started by pushing some things off the shelf when one of them yelled at me to stop! How can I stop when I am so hungry? So, I did what I had to do, a few gentle swats to the face and finally I achieve victory. With my servant awake, I can now walk over to my food dish and eat. A cat must have an audience after all.

After some hard work (catching colorful mice and chasing after string) it is finally time for a nap at 9am. Just when I settle in, my servant decides to vacuum. The nerve! I must run for my life now that she has let the beast have free reign. So, off to my tent to fall back asleep.

My short nap lasts a mere 7 hours. Once again it is time to eat. I shouldn’t have to remind them of this, but of course I must roam aimlessly and glare at them constantly until dinner is served. It is just so hard to find good help these days. Then after I eat, they expect me to “play” on a full stomach. I think not.

A quick 40 minute bath and then it’s back to bed for me. I must get my rest so that just as they are ready for bed, I can keep them up with an hour of play. Today, they have the nerve to tell me it’s time for bed. So I hit the annoying one in the face.

I am fuming right now, but I must go to bed. 4am comes quicker than you think.

Sacrifice

Pure and good,
you serve a purpose,
a calling greater
than a single soul.
Lay down
upon the altar
and let your blood
feed the coal.
Fires burn
for those in need
not of saving
but intervention divine.
Take a life
and spoil your own
and kill us all
without even trying.

© Autumn Siders 2018

#tbt

A disaster awaits
just around the corner
those of us who know
are still blind as to what
but I can feel the change
in the air and all around
and whatever is in store
will surely bring us down.

© Autumn Siders 2014