Ehud Sela
Dr. Ehud Sela is a Veterinarian in Margate, Florida, USA. Dr. Sela is also a published writer. He writes both poetry and prose. His poetry book: "The Reticent Observer," has been published in May 2005, and can be found in various internet sites, such as Amazon UK, Amazon USA, and many other online retailers. Dr. Sela's writing can be also found in many online literary magazines.
Try as I Might
As I was pondering the meaning of things As I angrily thought of the cruelty of things As I sadly thought of the finality of things As I helplessly thought of how little I really know; My two cats were lying by my floor to ceiling window The sun was illuminating their shiny coats And one of them looked at me, Purred with worry less content And then fell asleep. His companion on the other hand Followed a group of pelicans They fly by us every afternoon, And he responds, every day, with pure excitement, As though this was the first time they were ever there. The sun was fast approaching the horizon Like she has done for billions of years And the planet was slowly spinning on its axis As it has done since the beginning of time. I bent over and petted my cats; And I found refuge in the constancy of things And I found refuge in the simplicity of things And I sadly accepted the inevitability of things But try as I might, None of my findings, Nor my acceptance Mitigated the brutality of my knowledge Of my passing being.
Her Cat
She came home, her cat at the door she came home he jumped in her arms she came home his soft head resting against her shoulders his eyes full of dreams. She is home he thinks and puts his chin against her cheek she is home he thinks to love me, he curls in her arms, trusting he purrs so deeply so content. I came home she thinks, there is my cat, waiting I opened the door there he awaits, my beloved friend he jumps in my arms, and whispers in my ears stories of birds who flew by his window; he followed them as far as he could see.
He tells her about his fears; maybe you left me, he purrs so deeply so content he follows her through the apartment he rubs against her legs then they went to sleep him and her sharing a pillow. In the morning they will watch the sunrise the sun over the Atlantic they both watch in silence his eyes fill with sadness when she leaves for the day. From: "The Reticent Observer," Publish America, May 2005. Revised 12/1/06, unpublished.