...big cat...

...resist the urge to pet...

big cat

 

it stretches its long muscled back

supine and serene in the hot sun…

claws sheathed at the ready

when cued

to rend flesh to the bone…

long tail twitching back and forth…

with long rough tongue

grooms golden fur

stained red with  the blood of prey…

the weak serving the whims of the strong

life’s reality…

content to languish shaded from the heat

throaty purr rattles

and intermittent snarls warn all without heart

to keep at bay...

watching over its pride of kits…

a perfect balance of beauty and grace and feral nature

cold comely eyes with slit pupils

gaze and dismiss

as if to say “your time will come…

but not today..."

Reviews

[Adelia Alighieri]

I love cats, and the lines "the weak serving the whims of the strong life’s reality…", "gaze and dismiss as if to say “your time will come…but not today..."
Just to the beauty of cats.

[Liza]

you captured the essence of the graceful yet self serving & sneaky cat :)
loved it

[Ed Hart]

i dated a couple of ladies like this, and have the scars to prove it, said old quick-footed ed

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

beautifully drawn primal scape~felines are not only entertaining but absolutely fascinating to observe~ and how fortunate when we're permitted to enter their world~