Cat Colossus, Kynance Cove…
Tail snug around firm buttocks,
Colossus cat sits
Behind outcrop of weathered rock,
Seemingly ready to lick a sandy paw;
Poised elegantly on haunches,
Sculpted feline gazes,
Shadowed by bulk of exposed stone,
Fitfully averse to protecting an endangered shore.
Eye keen on smooth head,
Watchful goddess waits
Between heights of sheer rock,
Curiously hiding to unleash a sharpened claw;
Rising serenely from cauldron tide,
Hewn Bastet mewls,
Lashed by waves of breaking surf,
Balefully howling to mourn coast’s fissured jaw…
Pete Ray
An outcrop of rock reminded me of a colossal statue of the Egyptian goddess Bastet, a cat, worshipped from Bubastis originally. Seemed like she was attempting to hold back the destruction of autumnal tides at the spectacular Kynance Cove.
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