black kitty

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Currently listening to: SET ME FREE – TWICE

신경 쓰지 말고 날 안아줘
(Don’t worry, just hug me)

더는 잃을 것도 숨길 것도 없어
(There’s nothing to lose or hide anymore)

모든 걸 걸어 risk it all
(Risk it all, risk it all)

이 사랑 말고는 fade out
(Anything but this love fades out)

There are more, but there are three in particular that catch my eye…

In the dark parking lot,
three black cats loiter.
They are like shadows without seams
impossible to tell apart.

They are feral.
They are wild.
They are free.
Their eyes are as sharp as obsidian shards

Each night, I open my car door wide
offering to take them with me.
“Come here,” I whisper.

They pause.
Lifting their velvet heads
long enough to meet my gaze
before slipping away into the darkness again

They never come.
They watch me from afar.

Three black cats.
Three times the rejection.
Three reminders that sometimes love
is meant to be admired from afar,
to be nurtured and fed in secret,
and cherished without being captured.


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28 responses to “black kitty”

  1. utahan15 Avatar

    black and taken aback
    three is part of a triune mystery
    love is alive four kinds
    ask task
    who is wooing me?>

    1. justrojie Avatar

      What four kinds? Agape?

      1. utahan15 Avatar

        eros.

      2. utahan15 Avatar

        eros. philos storge

  2. utahan15 Avatar

    i m iron man!

    1. justrojie Avatar
      1. utahan15 Avatar

        on the floor and tales of sad kings. full of fury, and signifying nothing. shakespeare

  3. Nakedandy Avatar

    What a gorgeous cat

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Very gorgeous!

  4. ianmdudley Avatar

    Makes me think of my crows, and trying to lure them into my car.

    Not that I’d ever do that. They’d make an awful mess in the car, and where exactly would I take them?

    1. justrojie Avatar

      To your backyard lol

      1. ianmdudley Avatar

        Don’t need the car for that. But I would have to convince Big Daddy to be more tolerant…

        1. justrojie Avatar
  5. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar

    Man!!!! Ro, you can write!!!

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Thank you, nico!

  6. Hazel Avatar

    Aw, I’m touched, Rojie. This shows we can love from afar without owning them. This is so beautiful. I love cats and feel the connection every time they look me in the eyes. Hugs always, Rojie. Koreans are so beautiful. I enjoyed the video

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Thank you!!

      1. Hazel Avatar

        My pleasure, Rojie

  7. Dinesh Kumar Avatar

    Rojie, your poetic encounter with those elusive black cats, set to TWICE’s liberating “Set Me Free,” captures the bittersweet beauty of loving fiercely from afar.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      aw thanks so much, Dinesh

  8. Baby Dreamland Avatar

    Amazing 😍

  9. Violet Lentz Avatar

    I love this! I had no idea you wrote poetry- and it is evident this is not just a one off! Thank you so much for sharing it!

    1. justrojie Avatar

      lol I actually don’t write poetry. In school it was a subject I struggled with

      1. Violet Lentz Avatar

        Well you did a great job on this one

        1. justrojie Avatar

          Thank you, Violet!!

  10. ibarynt Avatar

    That’s a good poem.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      thank you Iba!!

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