Wouldn't we all have velvet paws
if we lived like the cat?
Wouldn't we stretch and downward dog
outside the future and the past.
Wouldn't we split our time evenly;
sleeping, playing, eating, cleaning.
And deal with the unforseen
in the moment of its meaning.
We would wake to fascination
that yet another day appears,
strut with appreciation
that again we have no pain or fear.
We would expect support and comfort,
We would stretch and downward dog.
We would look after ourselves first,
we would all have velvet paws.
