Many people told me to focus on the concrete
So here I am, attempting to ground my thoughts,
Without facing a painful earthward plummet.

I was self-soothing because I chose to lunge toward unsafety;
I thought I saw it brewing when I looked up at the ceiling
But I didn’t, so my eyes took it as a cue to shut off, 
and my brain followed. 

I was allowed a hazy five seconds of tranquility 
until a visceral alarm broke out,
My brain watched my eyes ascend into bombs, 
then explode into tears.

My mouth was desperate to tiptoe around the debris, 
so it overcompensated with words.
Taking the stage, every spoken character tried to 
dance off the shakiness.
As the moves began to revitalize me, 
I heard a distant voice calling out to me.

She told me to come out of my space 
because someone was waiting for me.
My body instantly sobered up 
and shook off the risk only to take another risk.

As my feet led this mysterious night quest, 
I watched each part of me come together.
Following slowly and steadily, 
my arm hair began to stand upright,
as the cold wind enveloped it.

When I reached the scene, 
I caught two chartreuse eyes 
transcending three layers of my skin.
A vibration that was so otherworldly and novel, 
it permeated through my chest 
and glided into my tense stomach.

I approached closer, and the eyes did the same.
Although centimeters apart, 
I embraced the soft, comforting orange fur 
As it moisturized my dry, aloof skin
And sewed up all of my wounded crevices.

I bent down to the bare, rock-hard ground,
As it transferred its cooling temperature onto my palms.
I came face-to-face with a subliminal mirage
lying next to this magnificent cat.
It disappeared but left me with a valuable lesson
and a spiritual scavenger hunt.

Momentarily, I was seen—not by the piercing eyes that gleamed,
but by my essence that reflected on even the most opaque surfaces.
Pleasantly surprised by what stared back at me,
I learned not to fear concrete grounds and their rigidity.
The cat kissed the concrete good night, 
Then I vowed to embark on the hunt at dawn.