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544 · Apr 2013
Flying Above The Earth
Katlyn Orthman Apr 2013
Dosing off into sober clouds
I am flying,
                            Where am I now?
So close I could taste the blue sky like water
Swimming below the sun
                                                       I do not burn
The soft voice of the wind singing against cold skin
Softly darting through my finger tips again and again
                                                                                 Yet i do not fall
  Trusting the Earth to hold me up
Push me into the heavens
As my memories fall behind me
I lose myself completely
Every Love I ever had
Every time I was ever sad
Every smile that fell on my face
Every person in my heart, and their place
My soul it flies away
But my body here will stay
My wings no longer beating
Keeping my eyes open, depleting
Hold that breath before death blows it away
Into the sunset as I cherish this day
Hold my memory to your heart
Keep the pieces of me a whole part
Goodnight Earth
I love you all for what it's worth
Let the sun soak me in
And let the new day begin
544 · Jan 2013
A room
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
A small patch of the world
Where my imagination swirls
And on Fridays belongs to me
It's not a tall mountain, or the sea
But a room stacked high with everything
That I really need
Or maybe it's full with one thing
That means so much to me
A piano, and a microphone
Where I can sing all alone
And clean my heart when it is full
So I can think, so I may fill the hole
543 · Oct 2012
Fears of the other side
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
I can't help but feel
That this'll end it all
I'm scared as I walk down these halls
My whole body shakes
My insides quake
And a storms rebelling in me
I choke back tears
I don't want to know what
He'll say
I don't want my mother to cry
For Jesus sake I don't want to die!
But even now my arms my legs
Everything burns
I
Can feel it crawl it's way
Through my body
I
Can feel it eat me away
I only know that
When I raised my head from that pillow
And glanced down on my body
I was horrifyed
Red swirling patches
Ate up my body
Down my stomach
Down my legs
Along my Back ...
On my face
Cruel reality
Setting in
Was this punishment
For all my sins
Please I'm sorry
But to my mother
I'm last of kin
543 · Sep 2012
If wishes could come true
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
She pretends she's invincible,
She pretends his words don't sting,
She pretends that when he knocks her down,
That she can't feel,
I wish I could ease her pain,
But she avoids it,
She doesnt want anyone to know,
That she might need a hand,
I wish I could be strong for her,
I wish I could take her pain,
I wish she didn't cry herself to sleep at night,
I wish she hadn't had that fight,
542 · Mar 2014
Write It All Away
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2014
Take this pen and write the words
Slow as I watch them shape into meaning
Sad and sullen I write my tragedies
I write my pain and my happy
I write the dark and the light
I write the flight and my fights
But I can't seem to write how I feel
I can't even speak the words
It seems as though I'm writing a novel
To a strangers life
As though I don't even know who I am
Too bad I can't write my way back home
To that place inside of me
To bad I can't write my sight
So my blind eyes can see
To bad I can't write the pieces of me back together
To bad that my life seems like a work of fiction
538 · Oct 2012
Blinded
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
I was fooled to think that you cared
It was a chance, but I dared
I took the leap
Of faith, I thought you'd keep
I was wrong
So wrong
I was blinded
I couldn't see
That you weren't the ally  
You were the enemy
I was stupid to think that you could've sided
With me
I was weak
To think you were strong
I was so wrong
I thought because I knew you for so long
That I knew who you were
Until the *** I stirred
It's like the shades came off
Your cover was blown
True colors were shown
538 · Feb 2013
Act 1 curtains drawn
Katlyn Orthman Feb 2013
The thrill, the ride, the joy of the scare
The flash, the tide
The heat of being there

The love in which you never did fall
The smiles, the laughs,
The act too fool us all

The silence, the awkward between the two
The wave, the goodbye
As bordem does as its supposed to

The anger the clash, the need to always fight
The hate, the fear
The straying from the light

The names, the fingers pointed across the hall
The blood, the stain
As you watch the world fall down
I was bored and so I came up with this, not very good though
537 · Sep 2014
World On Fire
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2014
Fist to fist
An eye for an eye
A hit and a miss
Alone they cry

Shackled to this imagination
Welded to those fears
Brain let loose on a crazy fascination
Fixated on those tears

A world on fire beneath a blazing sun
Ashes falling down
Flames swallow everyone
Singed those who stood around
534 · Nov 2012
When I cry
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
Yes I'm alone when I cry
Yes I always hold it inside
And yes I wish I could hide
Because all your words killed me
and now I have died

Breath it in
Reflect on my sins
Let me reach inside my soul
Tell me what you find
I don't know

Call my name
I'm not ashamed
Hold me tight
Just for tonight
I won't be shy
Just ask me why
I cry

I can walk in the dark
I always have
I can find peace  In this house
Of nightmares
And ****** screams of scare
Holding onto the slivers
Of reality that remain mine for now
I can't let go
If I do
I will be in the dark simply
Wandering
No meaning
Just another lost soul
533 · Mar 2013
Secrets
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
Dare me to take a step
Dare me to tell my secrets
But just be warned
They're deep
And dark
In the bottom
Of my heart
Dropped from every level
To erase them from my being
533 · Apr 2013
Battle Scars
Katlyn Orthman Apr 2013
Warm water around my ankles
I watch the waves sink in then slither away
I watch the moon rise before the day
Watching the stars rip their way into the sky
These battle scars, I wait for them to fade
While watching the moon rise and the sun set
Everyday
Yet the scars only stay
I wish I could stop for how much it hurts
How much shame weighs on me
How disgusted I feel
Like I let you all down
Like I let myself down
Like I'm never going to change
Like they might never fade away
Like I lost this fight
These are the times I wish
*I could fade into the night
533 · Jan 2013
A demon inside me
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
Black casket
The lid closed
To many scars to cover up
Crisscrossed, up and down
Down her stomach
Across her wrist
Along her ankles
The priest insist
That no eyes will see
What the "devil" has done to me
Fresh tears
Cold fear
Fills the room
All pain
All doom
No meaning to a life so wasted
I left the world before I had tasted
Now nights are cold
On the plains of earth
Because I was thrown from heaven
And rejected from hell
What was worse was that I never fell
Alone in the dark
Because I couldn't stand the pain
I'm locked up in a box with my shame
The screams haunt my brain
This wild beast I could never tame
I climb the walls
Just hope I won't fall
532 · Oct 2012
Senõr De Los Lobos
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
Senõr De Los Lobos
Your kingdom is falling
Mankind has no passion
For those that do not
Speak their language
But I hear your prayer Lobos
I will stand against the flame
If you will stand along side me
We will go to war  
We will fight to belong
Because I see through your eyes
We are one
Senõr De Los Lobos ~~~ lord of wolves
531 · Nov 2012
Dreams of forests and claws
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
I am aware that I am scared
But I don't know where I am
I'm just wandering there
In the dark of the forest
So large and open
So.... Quite
But something tugs at me
Telling me that I should go
But I can't will myself to turn back ...
Not yet
What is it I'm looking for?
I don't know
I can only feel my beating heart
Hear the snapping of twigs
And debris under my bare
And dirtied feet
I can feel
That I'm being watched....
Maybe even ... Studied?
I'm not sure
Only that I am growing
Terribly anxious
Like something will go wrong
But even as I think the words
I feel the claws break
Into my flesh
I let out a scream
The white hot pain
Searing through my back
Leaves me nauseous  
And so vulnerable
All I can bare to do
Is bring my quaking legs to my chest
Rest my head on the forest floor
And lay in the shredded aftermath
Of shock
531 · Sep 2012
Hiding in darkness
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
You hold me in your arms,
Try to keep me from harm,
You try and be my shield,
Every unwelcome guest made to yield,
This pain I seem to feel,
Only thing that keeps this real,
My only reprieve ,
From this tainted world,
Is your whispers in my ear,
Your the only reason I'm still here,
Don't want you to leave,
Surely the hurt I'll receive,
Keep my mind from the past,
My first breath is my last,
Ive given up my sun,
To stay in darkness so I don't have to run,
From the memories that sustain,  
There the core of my pain
530 · Nov 2012
Monsters in closets
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
They library was hushed
The faceless man
Across the table
Quite
He tells me
Stay silent
You wouldn't want your mommy to hear
Would you?
So naive
A child could be
I close the book
My attention caught by the closet
Small footsteps
Cautiously taken
Afraid to be caught
Palm on the door ****
I open it
Inside lies a beast
I'm petrified
Scared to blink
But the beast slumbers
On a burning photo
What are you doing!
The faceless man yells
And now I'm terrified
He's been awaken
The beast won't let me go
I've made him angry now
Only my screams echoing
Through the quite library
To keep me company
A reoccurring dream I've had since I was a child
529 · Nov 2012
Lonely
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
I'm not desperate for the touch...
I'm desperate for the love
For the embrace
Instead I'm alone
With myself
Lonely
Sometimes I cry
And I feel pathetic
To cry over such unimportant things
Yet they effect me
I miss the warmth
My blood has gone cold
But I'm so scared
My heart is so bruised
Scarred and patched
I don't think it could ever endure
Anther heart break
But I just want to be held
I want to love as much as be loved
But before I can open my heart to another
I have to come to love myself
To trust myself
My lonely days will go on
For now
Until I can love
Without tears
Without heartache
Those are the days I look forward to
529 · May 2015
Half Past Insanity
Katlyn Orthman May 2015
Dreary Dreary
These Weary Bones
They Holler And Shudder
In Dreadful Tones
I've Strained Them So Terribly
I've Pained Them So Much
These Bones Cry Their Fury
With Each Simple Touch

Burning Burning
My Churning Guts
I've Worked Myself Desprate
I've Worked Myself Nuts
I'm Nearly Depleted
I'm Running On Low
I'm Broke And Defeated
I Really Must Go
528 · Sep 2012
Temporary "love"
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
In time we all must fall upon the one we call
"the one", a story of love and passion
That always seems to end
A block in the fire lit path
One that stops the world
Your world
Once so perfect now tears you apart
One you never thought would end
But no story goes on forever
Happy endings don't exist
Love in my eyes was beautiful
Now is foolish
Heart scarred and bruised
Took too many blows
Would rather stay put in place
Then skip a beat, that will never be returned
For a temporary "love"
528 · May 2013
Hell is What We Make It
Katlyn Orthman May 2013
The darkness smelt of death and fallen tears
Blood painted to spell your name on the walls
The stench of the remaining fear pasted here
I stand before fiery waterfalls
The darkness eating away at my being
Spend  eternity lost inside a maze
The graphic things I found myself seeing
I thought was only a meaningless daze
Time grew slower creeping by, I went on
I was lost to fight demons of my past
I had no knowledge, was it dusk or dawn?
The path I follow, a mirror of the last
This enigma I find myself alone
Hell is a sinners last and only home
Tried something with a darker feel to it, but this one isn't my favorite.
527 · Apr 2013
Walking
Katlyn Orthman Apr 2013
Darker as the roads go on
Silent, no sight of dawn
Walking while my legs grow weaker
The road gets longer and the walk gets steeper

Blood running from my torn feet
Still walking to where the road and the stars meet
Breaking but never truly giving up
Slower but never truly stuck

Closer but the curtains begin to close
A victory no one ever knows
Simple but so close to soul
Finally I am becoming whole
526 · Jun 2013
one In a crowd of a million
Katlyn Orthman Jun 2013
I watch the blood drip on to the cool tile
Watch it pool as my brain numbly
Focuses on the throbbing in my arm
I was so strong for so long
And then you knocked all my efforts over
And that's what urged my hand to wrap around
The cool orange bottle
I didn't know what was inside
But i twisted the cap off
Look inside at the long white pills
A tear slid down my face
Being human was my greatest weakness
I want to swallow them all
I want to tear my wrist open and let it bleed out
I just want it to end
But one face in the angry mob i'm surrounded by
One face stops me
One that held on for me
Gives me the strength to put the cap back on
Gives me the will to stumble to my room
Close my eyes, and write it down
522 · Feb 2014
The Innocence of the Stars
Katlyn Orthman Feb 2014
The stars sleep
wrapped in their black silky blankets
Unaware of the wishes
made upon them

Tucked in by the sun
and the moonlight their beacon of protection
like the door left cracked open
and the search beneath the bed

They dream unaware
of the horrors happening
just below their delirious forms

Naive stars don't see
the midnight terrors
that happen
beneath their sniffling noses

Protected by their firm imaginations
that everything's alright
Assured that there's nothing to fear
in the night.
522 · Sep 2012
I will hold her up
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
Please tell me how you can look In her honest eyes
And try and break her down, with vile words
I can see her struggle to keep it inside
I can see that shes hurt
I can see her tears unshed
I want to hug her
I hate that she's so sad
I hate that those people are so cruel
I wish I could take away her hurt
But all I can do is give her
One reason to smile
Make her time worth while
Make her days brighter
Make her load lighter
Read her when words are to hard
And hold her up when the weight collapses her
I can bare her pain
I've seen it's dark hellish face
I've ran that same pace
I've been torn apart and fed to the beasts
I've cried and scarred myself for life
But if I could save her
I will fight forever
She is my best friend
The light at the end of a dark hall
The best of them all
If I could be just the slightest bit
Of the friend she's been
I would do my very best
To my best friend, who in the deepest of the dark finds a way to laugh , even if for just a minute, who listens to me, encourages me, ALWAYS makes me laugh , stay strong because you're so much more than you even know,
522 · Aug 2012
Sleeping Beneath the ocean
Katlyn Orthman Aug 2012
The water hypnotizes me,
Sloshing in every direction,
The water speaks to me,
Telling me to come into it embrace,
I walk with out trying,
I'm caged in my own body,
In my head my breath grows frantic,
In my head I panic,
But the shell my body has become,
Is calm and silent,
The water is to my neck,
And Im sinking farther,
I am in the deepest depths of the ocean,
Inside I am aware,
But my body doesnt breath,
Inside I was desprate to get out,
But my body slumbered beneath the waves,
And my being living on forever,
Trapped
520 · May 2013
The way it used to be
Katlyn Orthman May 2013
Rain falls crashing in on me
The clouds gather darker than before
We aren't who we used to be
I don't know who we are anymore

This used to be such an easy game
Until it all began to fall away
I barely even know your name
It's all a blur from yesterday

Gathering the shattered bits of the past
I wish for the way it used to be
I can't remember how time went by so fast
I barley remember the old me

I rarely ask for help but I'm asking now
I'm breaking under this weight
I need to get out I don't know how
Help me out of this broken state

I'm falling apart at the seems
Nothing's the way it was
Can no one hear my woeful screams?
No one ever does
518 · Jul 2014
Destroying Me (20 Word)
Katlyn Orthman Jul 2014
Dust settles inside my veins,
dirt lingers inside my heart
Broken bones lead to shame
sharp pieces rip me apart
518 · Dec 2012
Untitled
Katlyn Orthman Dec 2012
We don't know who we are,
We all have are scars
In my heart it's ripped apart
But I'll never let you  know
Though my eyes are closed
The sounds still let me know
That your near, I can hear you close
And your tears still fall
And I say **** it all
We will never be perfect
Never be perfect

Put my hopes on the ground
Get up turn around
Because nothing ever comes my way
Anymore

Now I see that there far away
Now I know, there's no future day
Might as well just put down the faith
And leave
Walk out the door can't care anymore
I have been broken to many times
To ever rewind

Now I plea to god, that he will save me
But I know that's a hopeless road
And I've tried to see, a light holding opportunity, but it escapes me Every time
And I look for a way, to get out of this place
But it seems that I'm held back in this space

  Put my hopes on the ground
Get up turn around
Because nothing ever comes my way
Anymore

Now I see that there far away
Now I know, there's no future day
Might as well just put down the faith
And leave
Walk out the door can't care anymore
I have been broken to many times
To ever rewind
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
I am so broken
As I bleed
This time pain is all I can feel...
I need help

Yet I can't see to find my way out
I should've turned back years ago
Now I'm alone
*And the darkness is cold
And this life is getting old
515 · Dec 2012
Incomplete
Katlyn Orthman Dec 2012
Dancing alone
My eyes filled by tears
A smile hidden to fragile to be shown
Incomplete
A puzzle left without a piece
Empty hearted
Cold and frozen
The lock hung broken
My hair lose around my shoulders
You used to pull it away from my neck
I can still feel the warmth of your fingers
A ghost of you resides beside me
A rose a top your body
A tear ****** into the earth
Until it travels through the soil
And lands upon your cheek
A smile rest on your pale face
Time will eat it away
Dying beside your soil bed
My black dress scattered along side me
I was asleep while you still sang to me
And now that you're gone
I'm wide awake
Sad that it was this that it had to take
Swimming alone the waves disguise my tears
Slowly every picture we took together
You fade from
I only pray that I will still see your face
I will meet you when I walk the golden bridge
To our paradise
512 · Sep 2012
The night , my mother
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
The night is my mother 
Holds me, calms me 
Listens and doesn't judge 
Knows my secrets 
Doesn't tell 
Whispers sweet advice in my ear 
Brushes aside my hair 
I can hide in the silk folds 
Of the shadows the night brings 
I'm okay in her embrace 
I can wipe my tears knowing 
That she won't mind 
If only my biological mother 
Could see 
That her words sting me 
Put tears in my heart 
Push me farther away from her 
Makes me want to leave 
Permanently 
From this world 
From my life 
But the nights motherly caress
Spares my ebbing life
Wrote this when my mom had made me feel so bad I considered the thought of not living,
I love her but it seems like she doesn't , maybe she does , I don't know. But I thought about sitting beneath the stars alone with no hateful comments
And I realized that was to valuable to lose
511 · Nov 2012
Cliff diving in hell
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
Poisoned by the thoughts
Dark and cold
All the things I'm not
All the things I'm told
To be
To see
It's as though the room is spinning
And the devils laughing at me
The darkness is winning
Sickening my mind
I used to be alive
I used to be kind
Until I fell pray to the voices
Telling me to fall
Gave me no choice
I made the final call
Standing at the top of the cliff
Looking down
I can feel the storm
The wind once cold
Was now warm
Like arms pulling me from the edge
It was to late
I was already dead
The ocean air pulled me down
The trip was long
I could feel the arms all around
I knew this was wrong
509 · Jan 2013
Untitled
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
My heart sang to the sweet melody
Of my crying piano
I was so sad, my lashes wet with tears
If only my prayers could cure my fears
My fingers moved slowly from white key to black
As I bite my lip to keep from sobbing
These are the moments I miss my viola
509 · Apr 2013
Washing It Away
Katlyn Orthman Apr 2013
On
The Way
To Become The
Sacrifice Of The Worlds
Bloodied Hands, To Be Scarred
By The Angry Words Of The
Winds Snarling Words Hurled At My Head
Calmly I Shall Wait As The Rain Beats
At My Frozen Skin, Washing Me Of My Pain
508 · Oct 2012
Not whole
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
They pick me up
They show me friendship
You try so hard to be everything
You think you should be
But by the end of the night
You lay cold in bed
You gave all you could give
Your alive but you feel like you've never lived
You pay for every breath
You pay for every tear
Can you bear the ruthless
Realization that your not as strong
As your heart screams you need to be
Maybe you should give it all up
And be free
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
Suns gone from my window 
My pillows lost its comfort 
My blankets seem to strangle me 
I don't feel like myself 
Woken up from a dream 
That had seemed so real 
My bones are aching 
And my hairs a mess 
I wish the dream was real I must confess 
I was running from my past 
I was running to safer arms 
But just as I leaped in the air 
You pulled away 
And you disappeared 
Stupid dreams false hope
507 · Dec 2012
Ashes
Katlyn Orthman Dec 2012
Ashes falling from the sky
Fight we do, our soldiers die
Their families hurt and cry
Release they're souls and let them fly

Damnation settles on us
We cannot fight we will not fuss
We are forbade to endulge in lust
we always seem to lose our trust

We stand and pledge to a flag
But the words repeated seem to drag
Unwillingly my heart sags
Death and I playing tag

In the end I had to fall
I fell to save them all
The jump was high, so tall
The angles sang I heard them call

Cages built of bones
House built of stone
In the firey world I was alone
All my sins , I'd been condone

But death wasn't scary
                             Anymore
506 · Sep 2012
House in the night
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
A house in the night,
A flickering light,
A loud screeching scream
Fits the nightmare theme
Shock in my veins
Blood in the rain
An owl flys above
A white dying dove
Fragile no more
The thundering pour
Right past my eyes
The truth was a lie
Lying on the floor
Her life was no more
505 · Oct 2012
you found me
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
Falling from the tops of the trees
But I am not scared
I see you there
Beneath the earth
Arms ready
To catch me
Your magic swarms the air
And a smile lights your heavenly face
I know I am in my place
My home
As I close my eyes
And enjoy the breeze
Because I trust
Your strong firm arms
I trust you
Our hearts as one
I can imagine your loves warmth
Burning a path to mine
Because tonight
We set the trees to flames
Of passion
The fiery hues
We reminisce
As we lay encircled
By each other
I will not leave
I am finally at peace
You found me
505 · Sep 2012
Goodbye
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
She was dying,
There in her mothers arms,
Nothing had prepared her mother for this,
The terrible realization,
Struck her like Zeus's lighting,
She had never thought she would go like this,
She stood over her mother wishing she could rest her hand on her mothers shoulder,
The utter gut ripping pain,
That she would never be alive again,
Seized her,
It debilitated her and in a sudden rush ,
She faded
504 · Sep 2012
These tears I cry
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
I can't say that I was happy
Maybe the time we spent did mean something
Maybe the pain I felt was real and not just pretend
But I can't find the proof it must be hidden
                             My scars still hurt
                             My eyes aren't dry
                                  The tears I cry
                           There real, there real
We might not have been real but I can't say I didn't love you, I wish I could rewind back to the first day, back to when we didn't regret every kiss
                                   Between us
Why did we have to fall so far apart, that no glue
                          Could hold us together
               My hearts still beating but I can't feel
          My voice doesn't shake when I say your
                                         Name
                               But the tears I cry
                            There real, there real
                  Why can't you see you hurt me ?
                          Why can't you see me?
                         I'm falling from your grip
                          I'm falling I might slip
                      Catch me please catch me
                                My scars still hurt
                                My eyes aren't dry
                                 These tears I cry
           My hearts still beating but I still can't feel
       My voice doesn't shake when I say your name
                                  These tears I cry
           My heart still beating but I still can't feel
       My voice doesn't shake when I say your name
                                  These tears I cry
500 · Dec 2012
Habit
Katlyn Orthman Dec 2012
Rabbit rabbit
I formed a habit
I'm walking fast
And watching time pass
The need is grabbing
This pain is stabbing
I need to have it
I'll die if I don't
This smooth addiction
***** me in its deception
Won't let me go
I must escape
I'm falling apart
My seams ripped apart
Rabbit rabbit
I formed a habit
And I can't find my way out
498 · Jan 2013
Trouble
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
It was the first time I had talked to you
That I felt it spark alive
A tingling shock; I'd thought that I'd died
Like a switch
I was ready for trouble
And troubles my specialty
498 · Nov 2012
On top of towers
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
Built up from the ground
I was here
Planted the first seed
To the master piece
Tucked away my pride
And came out of hiding
To grasp the hands of the man
Who sat against the wall
Not one to beg
Only watching
With a blank face
I couldn't help but to take his hands in my own
And lead him to his savior
Fed him tell he was full
Bathed him until he was clean
Taught him until he knew
His eyes where wise and kind
Reminded me of mine
I was young
So young
They told me I was naive
To let in a man poor
Said that he would take all that I had
But I had little
And it could be replaced
I knew he would never
His eyes told me so
His smile so shy
He had been set in my path
An angel for me to nurture
Because I woke in the morning
And he was gone
All that had been left
Was a crisp white feather
And a note that told me
He'd returned to his tower
Where he stood a top
To feel the winds power
I was not bitter
I had given all I had
For one that had less
And in return I had an angels eye
To watch over me
495 · Oct 2017
The Door
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2017
There is a door in my mind
I don’t know who or what is behind
It’s dark and cracked open in spots
And through those holes it bleeds
Just like me
495 · Feb 2013
The one
Katlyn Orthman Feb 2013
Will you be the one
To free my heart
Will you be the one
To put together the torn apart
Will you be the one
Who never let's me go

Can you be the one
Who can love when I'm not strong
Can you be the one
To show what's right and wrong
Can you be the one
Who cares when no one else does

I will be the one
Who lookis into your eyes
I will be the one
To give you a heart that never dies
I will be the one
That will give you the hand to help you up
493 · Jan 2013
Nonet: Broken
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
It's was a broken dream of "couldn't"
It was a lie that always burned
All the things that I shouldn't
I still did on my turn
I am now broken
By my mistakes
Unspoken
Couldn't take
It
491 · Jan 2013
You have never
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
You don't know my pain
You've never worn my chains
Only I bare my shame

You don't wage my fight
You can't cage my might
You don't walk in the night
With me....

You haven't felt my tears
You haven't faced my fears
You've never cheered
Me on...

You don't have to wear my scars
You don't gaze at my stars
And I don't know who you are
Anymore...
487 · Feb 2013
Brother Coyote
Katlyn Orthman Feb 2013
The moon hung in the sky
Above the quite world
The cold breeze shuffles the leaves
And whispers in my ear
Walking along the woods
A growl so soft is spoken
A coyote's eyes so bright
Shine brighter than the stars
I smile and whisper back
Hello there brother
He growled again but softer
As I softly sang to him
He slowly backed away
Knowing he was in no danger
I say goodbye to the creature
And go along my way
I never forgot that coyote
That I saw that day
486 · May 2014
Six Feet Apart
Katlyn Orthman May 2014
We've traveled these long roads together
Battling these monsters hand in hand
Along the road we came to terms
We began to understand

We've seen the sunset
And watched the moon rise
Laughed effortlessly together
And disguised our hopeless cries

Time seems to have passed us by
Because I've seemed to forget your smile
Your eyes are a dim memory in my mind
I haven't heard your voice in my head in a while

I sat beside your grave
And even brought you flowers
I gazed up at the moon hoping I'd see you
As a shooting star in the highest of the star towers

I sat there all night
Wishing you'd just return to my embrace
Crying as I wished I could go back in time
And tell you I loved you, and memorize your face

Because those little things that never seemed to matter
Matter so much more than they ever did
I need to see every flaw and perfection
That you ever hid

Because now your six feet too far
And the ground is far too cold
I can't reach down and pull you up
Your bones are to fragile to hold
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