I don't belong

I am the cat.

I am sly,

I am agile,

I am an outcast.

I am the one who doesn't belong,

With the humans,

Nor the cursed.

No shelter.

No safety from the cruelty of the world.

No one cares if I am in pain.

No one looks past the shell of my being.

Am I that unimportant?

Does everyone wish me dead?

The knife in my hand looks comforting,

It's the only thing that does.

Everyone has a fate,

Everyone has a dream.

This is my fate.

To die by my own hands.

Relieving the pain of my years of grieving.

I am the cat.

I am sly,

I am agile,

I am but a bitter

distant

memory.