tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123542102024-03-23T14:32:34.332-04:00something katypoemtree growing into something mekatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.comBlogger1825125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-22498377973037987852023-08-29T08:30:00.001-04:002023-08-29T08:30:00.150-04:00halvesto tell us we have the same
hazel eyes as each other
should have evaporated after landing.but your benign comment,though gentle to the ear, pierced my consciousness.already, I have been feelingonly half myself since I met him.feeling, since then,that I have gone a lifetimewith only half of everything.only half of the joyand half of the pain of being separated from someone else -even when I katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-88468926427057822772023-08-28T17:04:00.004-04:002023-08-28T17:04:25.362-04:00tappedtapping the keys and
tapping my feet to the beatthat's playing in my head that keeps changing depending on the song playing on the laptopof the person working in the office next to mine.a laptop-tap-along but I can't make out the words.katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-45762436208808468992022-11-20T10:46:00.001-05:002022-11-20T10:46:35.622-05:00psa I deactivated Twitter. If you ever see "somethingkaty" on Twitter, it's not me anymore. katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-30754669472479370842022-07-13T16:33:00.003-04:002022-07-13T16:33:58.638-04:00on emptymy tank is the shapeof an oversized mugand it's already empty again -after refill, after refill and anotherso I'm searching for road signsto the closest refill with my empty canon a sunny summer Wednesdayafter everyone else has already goneleaving me with no one to walk through the last hour alongside katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-91520641968817664922022-03-29T21:47:00.001-04:002022-03-29T21:47:46.515-04:00burning I am burning throughChanges too quickly to countThese forest fireskatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-21905443281282935802022-01-26T11:09:00.000-05:002022-01-26T11:09:12.369-05:00diviningsometimes I force the wordsand end up starting a poem with words like awaken and purchaseto describe an itchy scalp caused by cheap shampooimported from Japanin an expensive looking bottleshaped like a jar of honeykatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-19823267195975418752022-01-21T18:53:00.001-05:002022-01-21T18:53:25.524-05:00not todaymental health supply chain issuesresult in crying at work, chocolate for dinner,stubbed toe, piles of dirty laundry,unwashed hair, and four unfinished booksin a pile by the bed with dogeared pagesand dreams of being read.katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-31532989891110362472022-01-09T14:30:00.001-05:002022-01-09T14:30:29.509-05:00not my daywhen I am stillthere is still a storm insidekatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-32034389698841967592022-01-04T13:34:00.001-05:002022-01-04T13:34:40.993-05:00day 4getting people's names wrongkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-20772266084863285092022-01-04T10:09:00.001-05:002022-01-04T10:09:55.159-05:00day 3 step back, this isn'tabout me. it's my turnto be the pillar. make thatwhat I'm about.katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-12908096216839646612022-01-02T14:55:00.000-05:002022-01-02T14:55:10.498-05:00day 2I like the abilityto change the words aroundafter I've given them life.If I could wield that spellfor spoken word toowhat a powerful witch I could be.katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-68480638090747976692022-01-01T19:24:00.001-05:002022-01-01T19:24:31.670-05:00day 1yesterday we travelled through timetogether we landed in my cityand once we got out, got on the highwayheading home, away from the cityyou said you felt like homethis far from home, finally.katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-76604037319688026492021-11-03T21:16:00.001-04:002021-11-03T21:16:38.118-04:00anniversarywhy do I hang on to his disgust for my grieffor you?why make excuses for someone who should have caredmore for my heart than his selfish needfor denial?katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-11023459786300943632021-09-26T09:18:00.001-04:002021-09-26T09:18:55.639-04:00blue detailseven out of tenfingertips warmed by a cupon an autumn daykatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-38672336002013388562021-09-26T08:31:00.001-04:002021-09-26T08:31:21.114-04:00peakschickens at Blaze farmdon't think highly of childrenthey prefer lettucekatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-47290360782003298892021-08-29T22:05:00.001-04:002021-08-29T22:05:38.603-04:00night soundsover sounds of uswith background music playingcroakers croak louderkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-85336562010124010232021-07-07T07:29:00.001-04:002021-07-07T07:29:44.136-04:00beachcomberthe ebb of ideasno output, not a problemthe tide keeps flowingkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-36212302301943399312021-06-12T23:25:00.001-04:002021-06-12T23:25:21.236-04:00barnacleSome nights are hard.katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-21214651843951878052021-05-26T17:55:00.000-04:002021-05-26T17:54:59.993-04:00ivy, my dearscratch around poisonbubbling on skins surfacefrom tiny green leaveskatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-17843977436842557912021-05-23T14:09:00.001-04:002021-05-23T14:09:35.613-04:00Sundaywe rest on the dayrecuperate energysoaking in the sunkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-72983055703318456082021-05-18T08:52:00.001-04:002021-05-18T08:52:04.819-04:00work phonewaiting for the phoneto install a new updatewhile birds chirp outsidekatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-34372012757861969212021-04-19T19:50:00.001-04:002021-04-19T19:50:01.789-04:00prioritywhen I was littlemy ice cream flavor of choicewas strawberry, pinkkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-52794347626328646372021-04-11T09:44:00.001-04:002021-04-11T09:44:40.591-04:00lumber jackwe associatethe smell of death with newnesscut trees in the yardkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-68634578723985998362021-04-07T17:50:00.001-04:002021-04-07T17:50:01.628-04:00a break on cleaning day a blend of spearmint and green teaa swirl of honey from a local apiaryholding the mug under your noseblocking out the smell of bleachkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-80866446885987285512021-04-03T19:57:00.003-04:002021-04-03T19:57:42.058-04:00the sky is a strange color, the geese think so toothe night sky is bluebright blue like a film made darkgeese honk from the bogkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.com0