All The Lovely Spaces
you say your heart
has a cat-shaped hole in it
you’re missing a piece
of yourself
and it hurts
…and it hurts to hurt
again
but I say you’re looking
at it all wrong
no cat snuck in on you
and dispossessed you
of heart-space
you grew that space
yourself
your very own self
around
that damn cat
all around
like big arms
around a ball of fuzzy love
and now she’s moved on
and you think you’re
missing something
good
and it hurts to hurt
again
but I say you’re looking
at it all wrong
you’re just afraid
of what moving on
really means
that you have to face
the love you made
all on your own
and keep that
shape open
without your furry
friend
to hold it all there
cat-shaped
just for you
and I say you’re looking
at it all wrong
you think you’re what
shapes that space
that lovely space
of cat-shaped love
that you
and the loves
you made
and the spaces of love
that fill your arms
will some lonely day
all
just go away
but I say you’re looking
at it all wrong
i’d rather
be all holes
lovely spaces
where i loved
and was loved
and i’d rather
lose all of me
and just be the
spaces
the lovely spaces
left behind
than to be held on to
maybe that
is what all
that emptiness
out there
really is
just lovely spaces
all waiting
for us
to give up our hold
to move on
and be at peace
and I say you’re looking
at it all wrong
you’re not missing her
she’s missing you
and
all the lovely spaces
are waiting
