Today begins the PAD (poem a day) challenge at Poetic Asides.  Although my health is a day-to-day battle, I am attempting to compete again.  Armed with an arsenal of medications, I am back in the trenches.  I will be posting my poems here and at Poetic Asides.  Please leave comments that would help me choose my TOP 5 for the month, as that is all I can finally submit at the end of the month.  I appreciate all the support my friends, poet community, and family have given me to keep me going. THANKS!

PROMPT 1: Write a lonely poem.

Purr in an Empty House

Cat’s purr
enticing me
fighting to stay awake.

Chair knowing me
my weight pressing
our lonely embrace.

Clock mocking me
chiming in
filling my nothing day.

Cat seeking warmth again
playing with my furniture
with Shadows hiding the Sun.

Could I be losing
more than a game
as Pain becomes my friend?