Katelyn Martin: poesie, saggi e racconti

What is life after this? Will I return as me Or will my soul coast through the… Careless and free Will I be welcomed

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Constantly you look down Consumed by others Unaware of your surroundings No longer present with each other Ads and photos take over your mind

CROW

Be wary of me Do not become a foe The best way to understand Is to compare me to a crow I do not forget a face

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INTELLECTUAL

I’m smart and intelligent Not in the way you would think Not like someone with a degree Like a doctor or shrink I’m intelligent in knowing

To fall in love

It’s not something you can force It’s not something you can take It grows over time And comes with many mistakes You change in the process

LULLABY

I hear glass shatter As I sit up in my bed From two irrational adults Who can only see red A lullaby of screams

Honey Bee

She works and she works 12 hours a… Only for her honey to be taken awa… Pollinating flowers and building c… All for someone to take a piece of… She cleans the hive and protects h…

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

As a child, I was told only lies… When you play with little boys They push, and they shove That means they like you they thin… When he tells you, you are dumb

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Work of Art

You are poetry In you own way With every breath you take And every word you convey Vivid details

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Love Tap

To see a grown man Strike their mother Causes a child to break down Causes them to shutter A certain bond the siblings share

HOME

HOME Where am I from you ask? I am from corn fields and old barn… Skating rinks and fast cars I am from the place where I know…

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PITTY

What about me? Do they see the pain and hurt? Can they not feel all this animosi… I must be the problem. I can see… But why don’t they listen when I…

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GRUDGE

A grudge in your heart Only causes damage a quick release Like ripping off a bandage Pride isn’t worth

Observation

Once upon a time They were kids too Left to figure out life And what to do They made mistakes

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Haley’s Comet

Have you ever met someone That completes your soul The better half of you That makes you whole Someone who makes you

Iridescent

Morning dew resembles the thoughts… A refraction of light that beams o… After a rainbow appears from the r… So much light that shines through An iridescent work of art that onl…

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SAHM

Dishes are piled high Laundry needs folded The grass is growing taller You should probably start mowing Errands need to be ran

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VELVET

Eternity with you Seems like a Minute or less It’s not enough time To let our love progress You could call it selfish

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FATHER

He encourages her soul to reach fo… Out of reach He only aims to teach life lessons on what not to do Or… always be knowledgeable in your de…

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MOTHER

I want to speak softly like rain But I find myself sounding like t… This is what it’s like to be a mot… Or treating the lice you have on y… Applying a Band-Aid on your knee

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HAUNTED

Vulnerable and young Maybe dumb and naïve To believe you were helping When you were only there to deceiv… My mind was impaired

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PERCEPTION

Perception is different In all set of eyes With a choice of believing the tru… Or believing it’s lies A conspiracy or a delusion

Petrichor

autumn leaves and clouds of grey Mist filling the sky on this drear… Windows open as I feel the breeze The smell of Petrichor puts my we… Time stands still, as I feel perp…

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Déjà vu

The loss of a loved one Does not mean they are gone You can find them in a memory or even in a song It could be a scent

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Guilty

It’s something deeper embedded wit… roots that grew you from a story,… unsure of what you feel not knowing why you do the things you do

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analogous

Parallel to one another Selfsame and even Equal and equivalent Yet different in seasons Embedded and embroidered with diff…

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Lens

When you take a portrait Of the sun moon and sky And it doesn’t turn out You don’t blame your eyes you blame the lens

Joshua

You remind me of hazelnut eyes and… the smell of Sandalwood sitting ne… you remind me of autumn the transi… you could say these are the things… because there’s nothing I hate not…

CANCER

Your lungs didn’t make make cancer The cigarette did Still embellishing stories like wh… It wasn’t the gun that killed beca… Like the medicine you think is hel…

GODDESS

Each curve represents femininity a… A timeless piece perfectly chisele… They sit tall when she enters the… With an awareness of the magic she… unaware of the power she holds wit…

DOUBT

Uncertainty, self-doubt, hesitancy… Lacking self-worth Never to trust my own vision Imposter or a fraud When I look in the mirror

Jester

What is your problem? What did I do? To make you act this way So mean and so rude. Do you fell better now?

SHEEP

Mortals we are A curse some would say Longing to be gods Life full of dismay Immortality and youth

Broken patterns

I wish she could see the person she could be if she worked through all her narcissistic tendencies it’s not her fault she’s not the one to blame. It was the ones before her who filled h...

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PERFORMING

I feel strange Almost alone An out of body experience That’s not even my own It’s hard to explain

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Chess

Life is like a game of chess With Strategic decisions That cause a ripple effect Some of us cautious Others act to quick

WOMEN

Being a woman isn’t for the faint… There’s so many rules I had to learn from the start Don’t wear clothes to revealing Because to men

Double rainbow

I was with him But you wanted me Telling me, I deserve to live hap… Too young to settle down Come have some fun

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Glass house

A good person Is not hard to be We all go through trauma We don’t deserve pity We all have a story