Instincts

The cat is chasing a moth the moth is chasing
the light or circling it and the cat keeps
knocking him off course.
What is it with the hour and me
inside it watching and thinking
about the next and the next and
the next and the empty chair
where the cat was just sitting
before the moth
woke her up,
reminds me that I am not alone.

God made heaven and earth in the dark.