CAT NAP

Written for Stormy Lady's Show Me Your Poetry and Win Contest!

CAT NAP

A slight change in the weather
Stirs my urge to hibernate;
Frustration grows as interruptions
Cause my dreams to have to wait!

I was hoping for a cat nap
In the early afternoon
But the telephone kept ringing
And friends will be here soon!

Still I had time for forty winks
And in the blinking of an eye
I fell asleep in my easy chair,
Letting the world pass me by.

Friends understand the change in me
They know I've gotten old too soon,
And that I like to take cat naps
Any time in the afternoon.

I awake to a haze filled sky,
Refreshed and ready to go again;
It helps to take a little time
For yourself now and then!

Countrymom
9/14/03