The Cat

Honestly, I can relate to this poem so much. I think of the cat as representing either a piece of the author of woman that left him. Because I just broke up with my guy, this poem kind of shows how I feel. I lost my guy just like he lost his cat and never saw it again, yet the author is reminded of it by the sound in the wind just like I'm reminded of my guy through certain memories and things I see throughout the day. The cat could also represent the author losing a piece of himself. Black kind of represents hopelessness and emptiness and a black cat disappearing into the night shows him losing a piece of himself. It seems like this because the last 2 lines says "and you listen intently to your own self" which makes me think that this cat represents a piece of himself that he had lost and is reminded of every once in awhile. This poem definitely can be looked at with different view points and angles