Queting the Disquiet

                                                                    #Photo by Joe McDonald

Do not dare call me crazy

I understand disturbance in the water, 

I feel my hair stand, 

I can sense when the predator watching

Sizing me, 

Pawing

Gnawing

With saliva

Feet ready to pounce

It is like a feeling at the back of my neck

It is ugly 

It does not give me rest

Disquiet

With 'might'- Less

You sharpen your teeth

Your mistake, 

Looking at my tail,

My unseen self

I am a cat 

Ferocious

Charged

Quiet!

Judging me for not taking flight

For not being the decent

I am disquieting the quiet

Ready 

To pounce back

With malice

Because I understand that, you will show no mercy

The disquiet