lullaby for a cat
Do you have trouble sleeping?

Do you have nightmares?

Are you heartbroken?

Do you feel down, depressed, hopeless?

Do you miss someone?

Do you find that thing you once enjoyed... no longer interests you?

Are you lonely?

Are you always... sleepless?

I don’t know love, that’s why.
That’s right, when I was little,
I only learned how to take away. I was never given anything, that’s why.
I’m scared, that’s why.
Even when I closed my eyes,
I saw too many things I shouldn’t have, that’s why.
These are all excuses.
I said I’d give you everything, right?
As I promised, I’m giving you all my scars.
“How can a human being do that?”
Because I’m human…that’s why.

My anxious heart,
My precarious self,
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry.
Forgive me for being like this.
My heart doesn’t follow what my heart wants.
I’ll lean on you a bit.