Don’t worry about it
It’s nothing
Just the cat
I don’t know
Doesn’t matter
Just a scratch
I fell
But-
The bandage tells me:
Worry
It’s not the cat
You do know
It does matter
It’s no simple scratch
You may have fallen-
Into a pit of pain
I worry
Because it’s something
The cats don’t know;
You do
It matters to me
Because that scratch
When you fell
Is metaphorical
Or perhaps
Representational
Because the injuries
Covered by the bandage
Are when your heart fell
When your defenses fell
The scratches, your own making
You’re desperate
For someone to know
It wasn’t the cat
It’s something
To worry about
It’s nothing
Just the cat
I don’t know
Doesn’t matter
Just a scratch
I fell
But-
The bandage tells me:
Worry
It’s not the cat
You do know
It does matter
It’s no simple scratch
You may have fallen-
Into a pit of pain
I worry
Because it’s something
The cats don’t know;
You do
It matters to me
Because that scratch
When you fell
Is metaphorical
Or perhaps
Representational
Because the injuries
Covered by the bandage
Are when your heart fell
When your defenses fell
The scratches, your own making
You’re desperate
For someone to know
It wasn’t the cat
It’s something
To worry about