Cat and Mouse Games

Cat and mouse–
one game I try not to play, but
one playing its way
through my life and yours

Watch and you’ll see
There is no pretending, or
disinterested play, for
every move is life or death

For the cat, it’s all in the hunt
As for the mouse, it’s about slipping away
evading capture, and
living to tell tales of the mythical adventure

Don’t fear its reality, cat or mouse
but enter dog, and cat becomes hunt’s object
mouse slips free, and
the cycle continues

Like so many things in life
Cat and mouse become part
of something larger–
something even the hunt cannot contain

13 thoughts on “Cat and Mouse Games”

diannone on October 24, 2007 at 8:46 pm said:

Thanks all. Been SO busy. Sorry I haven’t been around. I will catch up…eventually.
kai c. on October 24, 2007 at 6:31 pm said:

i like this……
Dan on October 24, 2007 at 12:42 pm said:

True!
jel on October 24, 2007 at 7:14 am said:

morning Don,
hope all is well!

blessings
Paul M Martin on October 23, 2007 at 10:09 pm said:

A Whole bigger than the sum of its parts…
aurora on October 22, 2007 at 11:42 am said:

Floots’ comment made me laugh!

Good one, Don.
jel on October 22, 2007 at 10:50 am said:

you know that’s true! 😦

hi Don, hope all is well with y’all! 😉
Pat Paulk on October 22, 2007 at 10:30 am said:

Round and round we go. Either/or, or neither depend ing. Makes me think to always look behind me…
diannone on October 22, 2007 at 8:59 am said:

Thanks Floots. You’re so right!
floots on October 22, 2007 at 8:42 am said:

for me it’s role play
(for the cat it’s vole play)
either way it’s about survival
and understanding
thank you
diannone on October 22, 2007 at 7:26 am said:

Thanks Andrew. Indeed it does for all of us.

Gingatoo: Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Your insight is a great one.
gingatao! on October 22, 2007 at 4:25 am said:

A lovely quick poem, a thought caught in an image as if the poem itself was the cat and the idea the mouse. Cool.
Andrew on October 22, 2007 at 1:08 am said:

I often wonder which part I play. I guess it trades from day after day.
Great writing!