Feline

You sneak up behind me
A cat after prey
Soft and silent
as night swallows day
You sedate with your purr
Rub your body on mine
Make me believe
You're a creature benign
Crystal green eyes
Reflect my desire
Give nothing away
of what will transpire
I reach out to touch
Pull back bloody and scratched
You walk away
Smug and detached.

Submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, FB Friday, The Art of Guido Vedovato

Here is the link to the painting that inspired the poem

Purr

photo courtesy of Talon

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, soft is your fur

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, stroke it, you purr

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, eyes are like jewels

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, break all my rules

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, dangerous claws

Oh what you do with your Pussy Cat paws!

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, sandpaper kisses

Is there no place that your little tongue misses?

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, teeth that can bite

Don't think you will, but then maybe you might

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, too quick to hiss

A scratch by your ear and it's Pussy Cat bliss

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, it's all been said

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat warm in my bed.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Stripey's Weekend Challenge