You will call me crazy with that tone, your tone, a deliberate groan about my existence.

You’ll mock me for my habits, my art. My habits, my mindspace. I don’t want to say I’m sorry when I’m not. I’m not sorry about who I am, not anymore.

You’ll call me crazy. How can you name me so simply? Swiftly calling me crazy, a word that wouldn’t sting like a thrown stone if not for your tone.

Your tone, a cumbersome and deliberate groaning on about small somethings, reminding me I’ll fall short.

Subtle creature, mind your pace.

There’s no reason you feel for me to come undone. If I could only reason like you, be more like you, I’d be safe and wiser, too.

I’m shuffling around this house, my room avoiding the other complacent insomniacs that live here.

I don’t want to be awake and roaming but sleep is evading me as you’re condemning me for being unable to sleep.

Writing, my solace, could possibly lull me into a calm sleepiness. I’m hoping for sleep as I’m tireless in my motivation. Writing so fast, the words are almost illegible.

I cannot sleep, perhaps motivation and art want my company.

25 responses to “Mindscape of a Frisky Feline”

  1. Julie Woss Avatar
    Julie Woss

    Is this about me? I wont be offended!

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    1. BrittnyLee Avatar
      BrittnyLee

      No haha. This is about that cat that is constantly sneaking into our yard .

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  2. Jason Youngman Avatar
    Jason Youngman

    Your poetic prose possesses a familiar state of mind. As though I’ve been where you are now in time. It appears that a part of you wants to unravel the psychological knots, or complexes, that have grown in your psyche as weeds, during your long night of zzzs. In this spirit, let us say that you could look pass all the dents in my armour and see through the slits of this mask into my eyes as your own, are you truly willing to take complete responsibility for your life, even if you were to be bounded in strife; or do you believe comfort awaits those who emancipate themselves from mental slavery… Give me your madness, and I will turn it into gladness, said the muse with a broken string. xoxo

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    1. Julie Woss Avatar
      Julie Woss

      That is so good! Wow, I love it!!!

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      1. Jason Youngman Avatar
        Jason Youngman

        “Well, that’s alright, mama, that’s alright for you
        That’s alright mama, just anyway you do”
        – Elvis Presley

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    2. BrittnyLee Avatar
      BrittnyLee

      Wow this is beautiful. I really enjoyed reading this comment. This is so creative!!! Thanks for stopping by and commenting this beautiful comment!

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      1. Jason Youngman Avatar
        Jason Youngman

        The pleasure is all mine, as the oldtimers chime, but love you are at the age, to turn your rage, into a beautiful rainbow sky! =)

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      2. BrittnyLee Avatar
        BrittnyLee

        🙂 true! Let’s light this world up 🙂

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    3. BrittnyLee Avatar
      BrittnyLee

      “Complexes that have grown in your psyche as weeds.”-incredible line wow

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      1. Jason Youngman Avatar
        Jason Youngman

        Should you live to be an old crone, not giving a rat’s ass over what others say, to be perfectly happy living alone, and grey; will largely depend on your diligence now, to begin pulling those weeds today. 😉

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      2. BrittnyLee Avatar
        BrittnyLee

        Always tug and tear at roots
        without a home, digging and baring my teeth, gnawing and biting on dirt ends and concrete.
        My gums are bloody but I am rejoicing in this release, letting go of homeless weeds and words that tried to stop me.

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      3. Jason Youngman Avatar
        Jason Youngman

        Ah, nice, you are courageous and wise.

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      4. BrittnyLee Avatar
        BrittnyLee

        Thank you 🙂

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  3. PoojaG Avatar
    PoojaG

    This sounds exactly like our cat lol!

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    1. BrittnyLee Avatar
      BrittnyLee

      Cats are crazy. One of the many reasons I love them! What kind of cat do you have?

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      1. PoojaG Avatar
        PoojaG

        I know they are insane! I think they’re called Egyptian Mau- not sure lol!

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      2. BrittnyLee Avatar
        BrittnyLee

        Oh wow 🙂 sounds like a cool kind!

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      3. PoojaG Avatar
        PoojaG

        She can be mean though lol!

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      4. BrittnyLee Avatar
        BrittnyLee

        Oh man she sounds like a cat I used to have named Dutchess LOL

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      5. PoojaG Avatar
        PoojaG

        Aww haha! What type of cat did you have?

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      6. BrittnyLee Avatar
        BrittnyLee

        Im actually not sure what type of cat she was actually but I’m thinking a mancoon mix of some type. She was so fuzzy and cute. I had a black cat too after her. I loved him to bits. He was the sweetest love bug.

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      7. PoojaG Avatar
        PoojaG

        Aww so adorable!

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  4. Narayan Tushar Kaudinya Avatar
    Narayan Tushar Kaudinya

    took me sometime, but cat image is a beauty.

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    1. BrittnyLee Avatar
      BrittnyLee

      Thank you 🙂

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      1. Narayan Tushar Kaudinya Avatar
        Narayan Tushar Kaudinya

        Pleasure is mine Brittny

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