A Lament for Charlie

you know me
you have loved me 
recently
but now
you won't even touch me

It is fruitless
for me to assume
this is about me
because lately 
it's always about you

yet
I've been through enough to know
this isn't personal 
not even close

I am all too familiar
with your ways
and this isn't you
you're scared
you're unsure
you feel 
out of place

but how could you be so cold to me
when I share the warmth
of my bed
and heart
with you as the night
grows long and dark

alas
I will shell out the time and space
you require
after all 
you are just a cat
but that doesn't make you 
any less complicated 
than a human