Saturday, April 7, 2012

On the ledge.

Newkie on the ledge.
(she has never fallen off this ledge, a mere forty feet above a precipice)

She is
smaller than my smallest pillow
and can become as tiny as a tennis ball inside a shoe when she doesn't want to be found.
But against a setting sun
she offers her best volume
fierce and ready
for the interloper.

I can't help wonder
how each of us
challenges the other
to become bigger
or smaller.


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  1. Precious image of Ms. Newkie! I rescued a kitty a few years ago, named him Rocky. He fell from my upstairs loft banister more times than I can count .. and survived.

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  2. Great shot! I hope she never falls!

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  3. Newkie is very brave. Does she really believe she has nine lives?

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  4. Love the 'shot' and love the poem, too.

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  5. I'm we challenge each other in many ways but we must always challenge ourselves more than others.

    a cat after my own heart. enjoying the view while living on the edge

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