January 2019 - Lekatt Thoughtful Living

My Cat

Nugget rests upon my lap.
We are both long past our prime.
Our writing bouts, full of fun.
We’ve paid our dues, done our time.

While I write this poem, he helps,
clawing at my pen, stabbing
tiny holes in the paper
for which he is now grabbing.

We spend the day this way
until time for napping,
he in my lap, I in my chair,
dream puff castles in the air.

There is no fear of the future
for when we finish this life
we both will be together
again in the land of paradise.

What might happen when suicide is attempted.

The right of self-determination
is not conferred by authority,
nor by a large majority,
nor even a small minority.

It is endowed upon the created
by our most loving Creator.
Freedom is our birthright, locked
within the heart of every soul.

So those who would limit the
freedom of others, seeking to
control their lives and fortunes
should now be forewarned.

Freedom may be suppressed
but it will never perish.
Freedom may be disregarded,
but will always be remembered.

Then the time will come when
freedom will break free from
all chains that hold it, exploding
again into full self-determination.

Sun beams fall on the leaves
of a lonesome Chestnut tree
spreading flecks of gilded light
down to the moist barren dirt.

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