Kittykatruff

Kittykatruff

TX

YWP Alumni

Posts

  • Lost

    "Lost" is such a changing word.

    It can mean being stranded
    without a sense of direction, or
    so caught up in the moment
    that the world around you melts away.

    For me, to be lost is to be
    surrounded by some force,

  • Dreams

    Dreams.
    We all have them.
    So real, so close, so tangible
    we can almost reach out
    and touch them— 
    yet
    they remain elusive,
    evading our 
    whispered wishes,
    tears shed in despair,
    mind and body worn
  • Winter Magic

    There’s something so magical
    about a New England winter.
    I don’t know if it’s the way the snow falls,
    one night in November,
    all at once:
    a softy, downy blanket over the rolling hills 
    and woods,
    Or how
  • Faults

    Humans are full of faults
    to a fault,
    chasing the idea of perfection,
    in itself a flaw;
    When, inevitably, we do fall,
    we have devised our means
    to appease all,
    such as test retakes
    or apologies.

    Apologies
  • Tired

    Do you ever feel
    So—Tired—
    that your eyes could close
    and you linger upon the same thought
    for a moment too long
    Then you're suddenly fast asleep;

    your mind works overtime 
    to juggle the daily happenings,
  • Yellow Butterflies

    Pretty yellow butterflies
    Flit over the grass,
    Wingtips barely missing
    Flowers, twigs, amber tree sap.

    I gaze into the darkened sky
    And feel a certain blue;
    the kind that weighs your shoulders down