She didn’t tell me that the lights would go off, that All will come to an end. I didn’t know That the music will sound bitter one morning,That the leaves will fall from all the trees,And that the smiles will usually beUnhappy. She didn’t tell me.I found my old friend again:A chill from the inside, [...]
Imagine a fish eating a cucumber: A monotony of an existence It probably won’t even understand Or be able to appreciate That five percent that isn’t water: Its brain is too small to know what life is. Imagine spending your whole life Suspended within a cage of glass And not having the mental capacity to [...]
Figurative language Is difficult to figure out Yet our subconscious mind revels in it. As a kid I never skated over a frozen pond Never experienced the glee and terror Never lost all feeling in my toes as I stood A few fragile inches away from death. Yet I know exactly how that feels. I [...]
I recently listened to an old music playlist that reminded me of myself from about a year or so ago. Music helped me a lot with figuring out who I was and my place in the world. When I felt that no one could understand my pain, I found comfort in the lyrics of some [...]
I could write more poetry. Why not? It gets me more views. It gets me more likes. It's relatively fast to do compared to my other posts. In fact, I could write a poem a day if I wanted to. Surely, my stats would boom then. I know exactly how I need to change my [...]
What’s the purpose? Of a beautiful sunny day, Of the golden shine of autumn leaves, Of the calming hush of ocean waves When I sit in the sports stadium And feel the rush of the cheering crowd Is it more than just a room stuffed with particles? Is this energy greater than the sum of [...]
Time seems to slow down When we’ve had too much of it Like an uninvited guest inside your head Useless comforts are the only pills we can take To rid ourselves of the reminder That the wonders of life Have been washed away with predictability Predictability is a poison It kills the surprise It grows [...]
Back then, The days of summer never ended A full year, it seemed, would pass Before the big yellow school bus Would round the corner again To take me away again Back then, Each day was a new adventure One long hour stretched into the next Leaving me time to think about my existence Look [...]
Everyone likes a happy ending A light at the end of the tunnel A bow-topped present waiting to be opened A swerve off the highway of doom And a diversion from the inevitable Everyone likes a predictable surprise The last gift under the Christmas tree The hidden dollar at the bottom of the purse The [...]
Darkness is the weight That permeates my soul When the lights go out And the humans are finally quiet Our power to dominate the word, depleted I need a break from viewing reality They've told me Yet my eyes remain wide open, Searching, for the shadows in the dark Looking for the response of the [...]
Kat's observations. 