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Katy Owens Feb 2014
He bared His back and took
the lashes
The number
just shy of ******

He bared His back so
your back could be free

He lifted up your burdens,
said,
Take My yoke upon thee,
for it is easy

No condemnation
Now grace, you see
For away has wrath been washed
In a flood of water
and blood

He says, you are
redeemed
oh child of Mine
Bought at a price
Once a slave,
now free
Orphan
now adopted

I bared My back
bore murderous lashes
Child of Mine,
you are redeemed

So give Me all things
tired, weary and broken
Let My back bear the weight of whips

Let burdens fall on Me
And let Me
be
your resting peace
Katy Owens Oct 2011
Something old
Something new
Something borrowed
Something blue
Your grandmother
My shoe
Your donkey
My flu
Such things to bring
On your wedding day
To bring luck to you
And your household
Have the time
Of your life
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Good luck
Katy Owens Aug 2013
runs through me
passion and love
so deep courses
through my veins blood
is thicker
than
water, blood mixed
with water
pouring from a side
death brought life
now mine
to give
to a country a people
a passion a love
He gave me a
name, now I give
it to them
India
Katy Owens Jun 2013
Gently
waves whisper

truths
fluttering down

like
soft white feathers
of innocent doves

peace, life, love

soaring
wings of eagles

to
hearts open

begging
to beat
with true life

to
ears straining

wishing
to hear
the song of true love

to
feet longing

to dance
with the One who made them

truths
lapping against shores

of a world
longing to be free

a million
grains of sand
are precious pearls
Katy Owens Jan 2012
Frost covered everything. Cracked and rough on the windows and door, a hard shell of cold whiteness on the grass and plants.

The rising sun glinted off the frozen dew, making it sparkle and glint in the sun. Nature's morning diamonds.

Slowly the bright warmth of the new sun spread, gently melting the fragile layers of ice. A drop lightly ran down the window, like a tear sliding down a sad face.

In the distance were the mountains. A great, purple silhouette against the sun gently inching up in the sky. Only the dark tops were visible, the base shrouded in a cloak of fog.

A small pond, the dark camouflage of fall trees, the dark greens and browns, reflecting in the rippling surface of the water. An image slightly distorted by the steam rising from the surface of the warm water into the frigid morning air.

Frost and fog, blanketing the early morning, giving it an eerie, mystical glow. Only there for those up early enough, a sight seen by few and appreciated by even fewer.

Dark, powerful mountain tops. Sparkling diamonds of frost on the foliage.

A rising sun.

Hours later, evening falls.

The setting sun a brilliant orange, brightly filling the evening sky. It's orange glow lighting the tops of bare trees as though they were tipped in crimson paint and set aglow.

Huge stripes of purple and pink swept like paint-strokes across the sky.

The hues of orange and pink melting into the deep purples and blues of twilight, slowly fading into darkness.

Night.
Katy Owens Oct 2013
Whipping in the wind.

Floating along.
Free as a song.
Carrying along.

No longer just surviving.
Now carefree and thriving.

Gently curving around each bend.

Don't worry,
just be

Redefined.
Katy Owens Aug 2013
You say
There is no fear
Yet
I always feel it here


Draped about me
A cloak suffocating me


Burden on my soul


Heavy weighing down,
My heart, nearly broke


You say  
Perfect love casts out fear
Yet
Always I am afraid


Always permeating
In my soul harsh words
Resonating


"You're not quite right"
"You could always be better"


What if I fall
What if I fail


To be short of the mark
Of this
I am so afraid


He says
I care not for judgments of man
Only
Of God's mighty hand


But the feeling
Can't shake
Eyes always watching
For a mistake


Whisper, "You're not good enough"


There is no fear in love
Yet I'm always afraid
Of
Eyes always watching
And the judgments of man


When will love be enough?
Katy Owens Sep 2013
lustrous colors drip.
mixing, melting, marbling.
go down the drain. paint.
Katy Owens Oct 2011
You fill

Safe and Smile

friend me

secret

you’re Beautiful
and Love

me

Happiness and Kindness
My heart to you

a friend, share I

help give, how? with
my
love

Hug

Together. Home. Us.

love (is) my feeling
My feeling is Love

Listen
Like
Flower
Friend
Favorite
Enjoy

Comfort(ing)

me
Katy Owens Mar 2012
Bare branches
Stripped
By whipping winds of winter
With cold air arrives
Sprinkling of snow
Dusting branches like
Powered sugar on
Mom's warm brownies
Reminiscent of
Warmth, welcome home
So far away now
Cold
Alone
Starkly beautiful
Lightly covered
Soft blanket of
Snow
Solitary
Yet never truly
Alone
Gently dancing
With wind
Whispering through winter
"The sun will come out
Again"
Katy Owens Apr 2015
******,
Lord...

I keep falling
short

If I could walk around
on my knees,
would You expect less of me?

Because the bar
seems too high
and I believe that
You've asked me to die

To myself
self-ish gain
to my ways
man's high-ways

And I think I've said
no
again and again
to the whims of my
fellow man

But it's never enough
it would seem
Fall flat off my feet once
again

Bar's too high
can't reach that high
How much more do You want me
to die?

When do I get to cry
"it's finished"
Have given enough to
once again feel
Your touch

When all I want
is to know You more
and this world around keeps
pushing me to the floor

Are my ways ever good
when only Your ways are God

Do I only reach higher
when I find myself lower
Cuz every **** day
I fall even shorter

I'm seeking perfection seated
on a throne
and today feels like I'm battling alone

Do I only find perfection
when I'm sitting on the ground
where heaven and earth meet
In a glorious dance
this miraculous romance
to find truth in the dichotomy
of dirt and divine

To stop reaching for a
kingdom in the sky
find eternity in my heart
this Kingdom is nigh

Lord,
I'm still falling
short
flat on my face
growing use to dirt in my mouth's
gritty taste

Maybe in moments of
my greatest failure
are where I meet
my relentless Savior
Katy Owens Sep 2013
dear friend,

it's not just me

everyone says
you're beautiful

just
the way you are

makeup removed
mask slips off
falls plunk to the ground

just
the way you are

a joy,
delight
a glorious sight

outside merely reflecting
deepest beauty within

true love's eyes
are open and they see

you just
the way you are

true love's desire
that one day you'll
too see

you are beautiful

just
the way you are

loving arms reaching,
wish
to hold you tight

spin you, twirling
a dance

because you
were made to dance with love

for you are beautiful

just
the way you are

love,
Katy Owens Jul 2014
God,
I have been so self-centered
focused on me all day long
as if I'm God
as if my ways are right and just
Or, at least,
more important than anyone else's

As if,
I matter more
or my little world even
matters at all
You know, the one where
I'm on the throne and
You give me glory
That world doesn't exist,
but I pretend it does
I live like it does
so often,
too often

Live for my comfort,
live for my fame,
ruled by my "right" to
"my rights"
as if they existed, when really
I surrendered my rights
the moment I
surrendered to You

Yet
I'm trying to take them back
as if my will mattered
or my ways were
right and true
Righteousness
is from You alone
Self-righteousness, the burden
on my back, take
this burden away
The sin I carry

Lord,
I need you now
Direct my thoughts away
from me and my selfish ways
where I care more for
my comfort than
the people around me
Turn my face to You
Only there do I find rest
my peace is in You

And when my eyes are fixed
on the throne
Yours, not the one I
try to construct
Then justice rolls down
mercy will I see
love, an outpouring
of the Love that's been shown
to me
Grace will I give, for
You gave it to me

And my world will shrink
never more to be seen
consumed by your
all-consuming, gracious sea

Lord,
help me
help me be
like You
I've been reading through the book of Psalms in the Bible recently and realized, I'm essentially reading someone's journal. David's poems were the prayers, praises and petitions to the Lord he wrote down, now there for us to see. They are powerful because they are raw and real, deeply honest and vulnerable. They speak to where David was at in moments of doubt, hope, desire, joy, heartbreak, failure, brokenness. They speak to us because we can identify with them. We understand his words of peace, lying down in green pastures and beside quiet waters, finding refuge in a God who is ever-present in times of trouble. We can identify with the moments when David cries, "Lord, where are you? Why are you silent?" We all have moments of doubt. Moments when (if we are really honest) we wonder if God is even there, or if He is, if He actually cares. The trouble is, we often aren't willing to vocalize those fears and questions because we aren't comfortable with the vulnerability, or not always having it all together. This is why David's words resonate with so many people in different stages of life and places of faith. Because it's David speaking to God exactly what is on his heart. With all of that in mind, I want to share a prayer/poem I wrote down recently as I sought the Lord in my brokenness and wrongdoing.
Katy Owens Oct 2011
You love the sparrows

big
and small.

You love us

All
even
    
     when
      
              we

                     fall
Katy Owens Oct 2013
It's what keeps
your world to
gether
Stops you from
falling a
part
Ray of hope
on a rain
y day
The ship
of friends
never broken
Katy Owens Mar 2014
Like I'd blink
and nothing would be the same

Like I'd blink
and everything would be the same

Like I'd blink
and I don't know what I want

When I wake up
Katy Owens Apr 2015
Brake lights reflect off streets damp with spring snow
Brake lights and street lights and street signs reflect a myriad of colors
A beautiful array off streets too terrifyingly wet to properly see
Danger in the brake lights
Shining street signs
Of roads too wet to see
And sometimes there's beauty in the danger
Sometimes
Dangerous is beautiful
And before there was light the world was in darkness
And before light there was darkness
And before light there was God
In the darkness
So if we spend so much time driving away from the darkness
Do we miss God in the beauty
Of street lights reflected on dark, shiny roads
Do we miss the beauty only found
In the darkest of nights
Are we straining to see with eyes not truly looking
Maybe in darkness our hearts
Learn to hear
Our souls begin to seek
Our ears see
And eyes feel
and bodies hear
And souls find
that peace comes from
Being WITH God, not from sight
And in the danger
There is beauty
Of a soul at peace
Seeing God without eyes
And soft brake lights
Katy Owens Sep 2014
Cardboard doubles
as shredded sheets
"Spare a little change,
trying to make ends meet
Just seeking refuge
from the cold and sleet"

Well, the Savior didn't have a place
to lay His head
So maybe they're closer to Him
than I am

But people see the signs
All they do is stare
Wonder, what's he done
and where's she been?
I couldn't cast the stone
cuz my record ain't clean

No one gave me
the judgement rod
And you, sir, don't look like God
Driving by
rolling up your windows and
down your nose
"Probably for drugs,"
your judgments say
"Lazy *** will
squander it away"

As if you and I
never fail, please don't forget
we've just been given
a better circumstance,
missed some unfortunate
happenstance
Do you squander love?
Waste your privilege?

We're all the same
Skin bones and blood
And I know I'm
begging for change
on the streets of human love
Forgetting I've been given grace
from the Divine
Covered by love that looks like
water blood and wine

Maybe my friend
the "homeless ***"
is really a bit closer
to the One
Katy Owens Sep 2014
Pass a stranger
Nod a polite hello
Choke on the smell of
Cigarette smoke
Blooming all around
Hold breath till
It's passed
Release and gasp
Fresh new air
But he wasn't the only smoker
Around here
You can get cancer from
Second-hand smoke, you know?
I'm convince we'll all
Die of cancer anyways
Cancer of the body or
Cancer of the heart
Something eating away
All of us and we can't
Self-diagnose the chaos
Looking for something
In all the wrong places
Surface level satisfactions
Nicotine and addictions
Rotting away the soul
And we're all dying of
Some cancer
Cancer of the soul
Looking for answers
Failing to look past ourselves
For Something
Someone
To ease the pain
Satisfy the ache of soul
Clean up a world where
No one smokes
Their souls into
Oblivion
Katy Owens May 2014
As
I dip a piece of broken bread
into grape juice
in a cheap styrofoam cup

My mind races
to
clips from movies,
scripture read so many times

Your body
hanging from
a bloodied cross

The King of Kings,
Pierced
by nail, thorn and spear

A phrase whispers through
my mind,
"This
changes everything"

Pierced
for our sins
Crushed
for our iniquities

The Lord of Lords,
Son of God,
battered, bruised and hanging
from a bloodied tree

Beaten and torn,
"This is My body"

Poured out,
"This is my blood"

Broken for me broken
for you

This,
this changes everything

And I dip a piece of broken bread
into grape juice
in a cheap styrofoam cup
Day
Katy Owens Oct 2011
Day
I lay there
Staring at a sky so blue it looked
like it had been painted as a backdrop for a movie or play.
And I watched the leaves and grass as we breathed
in
and
out together
to the beat of the wind.
Katy Owens Apr 2014
When
floating dust hits
the sun just right it
looks like flecks of diamonds floating
through the air reminding
me we're all
just dust and
beauty comes from
ashes
Floating diamonds
Katy Owens Nov 2011
Falling
Dusting
A world in glitter

Covering
Blanketing
Sparkling in the sun

Laughing
Dancing
In a magical land

Looking
Contemplating
A shining, beautiful world

Of snow.
Katy Owens Aug 2014
I want
to fall
Tripping down
over my
brokenness and
pride on
the ground
beneath me
I want
to fall
so your
strength can
pick me
up, again
Again the
reality of
my weakness
so openly
on display
Complete only
in your
perfect strength
Katy Owens Nov 2013
Water, drips
Escaping from cold pipes
Claustrophobic caverns of mildew and moisture
Collecting in pools at the mouth of the faucet, forming and fusing until it's big enough
To fall

Drop
Plummets down, an endless journey, toward the white expanse of a sink and the impending drain that crowns it
Flowing down the smooth porcelain sides, nearer to that terrifying drain
Lingering on the edges until the water once more collects
And down the drain the drip falls
Back to the claustrophobic pipes
Time to go again
Katy Owens Sep 2013
O Kypris and Nereids, undamaged I pray you
grant my brother to arrive here.
And all that in his heart he wants to be,
make it be.

And all the wrongs he did before, loose it.
Make him a joy to his friends,
a pain to his enemies and let there exist for us
not one single further sorrow.

May he willingly give his sister
her portion of honor, but sad pain
[ always an astounding action ]grieving for the past
[ breakneck, breath-taking ]
[ calling, crying. Can't. A ] millet seed
[ Disheartening downpour drenches. ] Once again no
[ Enclosed eyes evident, ears extended ]
[ Fatally flawed ]
[ Groaning ground grows grey ]but you Kypris
[ Hell-bent, heavy, hopelessly hurricaning ] setting aside evil [Insubordinately incoherent]
[ Just jolly ]
Katy Owens Sep 2013
so
[ starting line ]

[ ready ]
[ get ]
[ set ]
[ and ]

Go [ now ]
so we may see [ green lights, “go” brights ]
[ everywhere I see the ]
lady
of gold arms [ so light ]
[ can barely see the ]
[ red lights coming ]
doom
[ race over ]
Katy Owens Oct 2011
I love you

Yes, this is true
As factual as the sky is blue

...You're pretty
And witty

Just a little ditty
Because I love you

And missing you is nothing new
But soon our separation will be through!
Katy Owens Jul 2013
Crushing weight
Of a secret kept

Haunting fear
Someone may find out

Voice whispers
None ever can know

Always life
Hidden and veiled

Longing to
Be known but, fearing

To be seen
Girl behind the mask

---

Love descends
Breaking down the walls

Voice gently
Whispers, “I love you”

Cover ears
Blocking out the sound

Can't believe
Say, “I'm not worthy”

Louder the
Voice repeats, “you're mine”

Run away
Retreat to darkness

Return to
Familiar burdens

Secrets still
Hidden safe away

Still longing
To be known and free

Afraid of
What that would mean

Voice above
Again gently speaks

“I love you,
Girl behind the mask”

---

Eyes seeing
Tender love and care

Crack open
Doors of heart so closed

Light shined
On burdens long borne

Darkness dies
Light of life defeats

Truth is now
Believed, “I love you”

Secrets gone
Fears now wiped away

No longer
Girl behind the mask
Katy Owens Jun 2014
Grace
for my independent self feeding off lies and trying to live on my own
Grace
to pull me back to the throne

Grace
because I say what I'm doing is divine,
but the reality is
those plans are all mine

For my glory, for my fame,
but instead He gave up His name
Came to earth and
bore a cross for my shame

Grace
because I know I don't deserve it
Yet
I'm still trying to earn it

Living as an orphan
instead of a child
No longer lost, because for me
He was meek and mild

Lamb of God, slain
On Him all wrath was lain
So I could be free,
grace covers my iniquity

Grace
because I say I am strong
But really, it's His grace
that carries me along

Grace
because all that's left to see
is the cross as I cry,
have mercy on me

Grace because it's free,
and the beauty is I can never earn or deserve it
Grace that has set me free
Grace that says I'm redeemed
Katy Owens Sep 2013
I had a few of
those notebook paper fixers
Hole Reinforcements
self-adhesive
white
five-hundred and
forty-four in count
if only hearts were
so easy to mend
but beneath that self-adhesive white hole reinforcement
there's
still a tear
Katy Owens Oct 2013
Jewels
Just joking
the jankiest of jaunts
Juxtaposing justice
Jails and
Jealousy
A jingling jackpot
Joyfully
Jostling
Jawboned jewels
Katy Owens Nov 2013
Sharp shape
Not as dangerous
As it looks

Something silver
Nothing is
Always as it seems

Surreptitiously silent
All they want
Is to simply be

Staunchly stoic
Don't judge those
Books by their covers

Soft sentience
Your judgement could take
A light away

Surrendered self
Drown out the scoffers
Just be
Katy Owens Dec 2012
I chose the narrow path
less trod and
not well-worn
Entangled in briars and brambles
I knew my skin would be torn

As I ran along
voices whispered
taunting, jeering, mocking
my decision to take
the narrow road

But another voice penetrated the darkness
a blanket of hope
laying over all my fears
Gently reminding
this path leads home

As I ran I oft stumbled
was quick to falter and fall
Soon I understood
why this path seemed empty
and unworn

For in the moments
when I could
no longer even crawl
strong arms reached out
to carry me to the throne

by Katy Owens, December 2012
Katy Owens Oct 2011
Take
A closer look
At the world around you
There’s nothing telling to
In the Rule Book,
It’s true

But, focus in for
Another look
A closer Look
And things may not be
As they seemed
Immediately
Or as they seemed before
New shapes, and colors
Appear
On the floor

Zoom in
Quite close
To a tiny timid flower
Give confidence as
You watch it
Grow
Hour, by hour

A new tree
Stripped bare
Clutched
In winter’s repose
Glistening with crystal hair
Winter’s frozen dew

Stoop down and see
A shiny
New
Penny
Old Abe’s face turned up
Soaking up sun and waiting
To be
Someone’s lucky day

So
Take a closer look
Take a moment to be
Reflective
Surprised
To see
This old familiar world
From this New Perspective
Katy Owens Oct 2011
If, there’s a will
There’s a way
Or so
The old poets say
But, in the end
Is there a way
Or even will
Left
At the end of the day
If there’s a will
There’s a way
Or so
The old foolish poets
Used to say
Now, they say
There’s no will
So there’s no way
For life, has taken
It all
Away
Katy Owens Nov 2013
Blurred boundaries whisper,
"Welcome home, son."

Been gone so long, forgot
What words felt like
Softly spoken with tongue so
Gentle and sweet

"Welcome home, son, you
Been gone so long, forgot
What it felt like to
Wrap you up in my arms."

Path was so long,
With each step grew more afraid
Walking up, covered
In muddied shame

Been gone so long, forgot
What your beard felt like against
My tearful face
Arms wrapped around me so strong

No boundaries,
Wrongs are righted
Regrets replaced by a robe
Fully forgiven, now forget

"You've been gone so long,
Welcome home, son."
Katy Owens Jun 2013
Looking up I see
the cross

Bloodstained wood
Nine-inch nails

Reminder of
the greatest sacrifice

Closing my tired eyes
I see

A Savior staring
back at me

Through tears of pain
sweating bullets of blood

His loving eyes say,
"you are more than enough"

I open my eyes
See clearly

All weariness now
wiped away

His grace is enough
for all of me

Looking up I see
the cross

My mind transformed
My life renewed

Heart breaking
for what breaks His

Freedom for captive
Hope for orphan

My desires are His
for love, justice, mercy, and peace

Looking up I see
the cross

And I see myself
through my opened eyes

Lost and broken
Weak and weary

Adopted and loved
Restored and healed

Precious in the eyes
of my loving Jesus

I see the cross
And now I can truly see
Katy Owens May 2012
I want to skip
Bare footed
Through the soft, new grass
Gently tickling

I want to feel
Cool blades
Against eager soles of shoe-
Less feet

I want the damp
Of dew-
Filled earth whetting and caressing
Dry toes

I want this freedom
No cares
Frolicking dreamily through the grass
This day
Katy Owens May 2014
You say
There is no fear
Yet
I always feel it here


Draped about me
A cloak suffocating me


Burden on my soul


Heavy weighing down,
My heart, nearly broke


You say  
Perfect love casts out fear
Yet
Always I am afraid


Always permeating
In my soul harsh words
Resonating


"You're not quite right"
"You could always be better"


What if I fall
What if I fail


To be short of the mark
Of this
I am so afraid


He says
I care not for judgments of man
Only
Of God's mighty hand


But the feeling
Can't shake
Eyes always watching
For a mistake


Whisper, "You're not good enough"


There is no fear in love
Yet I'm always afraid
Of
Eyes always watching
And the judgments of man


When will love be enough?
I can't remember if I've shared this before...so here it is, possibly again!
Katy Owens Mar 2012
Open window, light shines in
Patch of gold
Shimmer on floor
Whispers
Take a chance
On me
Katy Owens Oct 2013
peace, peace they
cry but there is, no peace
reverberating
please from our lips and
signs, protests and petitions
not enough to say it
tattoo it on your wrists, songs
crooning what we wish
words never are enough will
we practice what
we preach
turn, the other cheek
for peace comes
only when love and
justice are enough
Katy Owens Nov 2013
Restless. The journey to and from and around my own mind. It's surprising, I'm supervising, this life of mine. I sprint up the stairs of my solitary mind, the castle cascading down a mountainside. Around, around, through trenches, around towers, upward I climb. Stairs grow smaller, closer together, near the top. Rails gone, I look down and shudder for it never stops. It seems I could run forever in this endless masquerade. This masquerade, mask, mask, masquerade. At the top, now. The peak, the pinnacle. Looking down I can see it all, my mind, through my mind's eyes. Everything I've beaten, everything I've broken. Moments, Memories, Scars, Stories, Relics, Relationships, Sounds, Strings, Pictures, Places. Chaotic world, jumbled together, with some surprising and inspired chance forming my fortress. I can see it all. So real. I'm so, tired. Of this masquerade. Mask, mask, masquerade. I recall, all the moments. But I will not fall, as, I look down and through and over and about the past problems, relics of remembrance, sweet sorrows, gentle joys, hope and happiness, helps and highs and glimpses of Heaven. It's my story. My messy mask. As I look down and take in what surrounds, I change. Restlessness grows still. See my world, embrace the masks I've made. But, the masquerade no longer defines. It won't fill, me.
Katy Owens Oct 2011
Step outside
Runs cold gentle breeze, ‘cross face and fist
Walk downstairs, ball to play
Meet a dog
Scramble up hill; chilly park
Swing on swings,
Dangle from trees.
Kneel down, slacken knot secure
Climb over fence
Traipse across portrait, painted, ‘pon ground
Dawdle back to ‘home sweet home’
Freedom over
Playtime done
Katy Owens Feb 2014
Broken pieces
wash away into the sea
All the ugly parts
of me
I'm free?

Sand should be washed white
Flawless and perfected
Pure

Or so I thought
it'd be

Like I'd blink my eyes
a flash of light -
(ning)
It'd all go away,
But in
reality
wounds heal, and
scars are there to stay

Broken pieces do
wash into the sea
Those ugly pieces pulled
by curling crests and forceful waters
Salty with tears of sins and sorrows

But there are divots and dents
Fragments of shell crushed into the sand
The ugly washed clean
Not perfected, but
Redeemed

But you can't forget the stories
If scars fade there's nothing to tell

Because I'm sanctified by blood and bruises
Cleansed by grace for my depravity

I can't forget that I'm unworthy
Power of wind and waves remind me
I'm not needed, but,
still held in high esteem

Wind grabs ahold and pulls me
dragging broken pieces down
Washed into the sea

And the stormy waves
They wreck me

It was never a quick fix
Not one simple storm
to wash it all away

Because those broken pieces run deeper
I'm not perfected, but
Redeemed

And the stormy waves are pleading
Come with Me
Katy Owens Nov 2014
fall
    flurries

those bits of
crumbled color, crushed
                                     into
                        the ground

hints of red
crimson and gold
the fragrance of a season

                              brilliance
                                 so crisp
eyes nearly have to squint

leaves and color gently
drop from
branches
shredding
their yearly coat

floating down
       or pushed
            by
                  windy
                            gust

fall flurries
Katy Owens Oct 2011
Gone
Gone like the wind
Through the trees
On a soft summer’s breeze
It was a beautiful day
When that last little part died
Leaving you cold and lonely inside
Comes then stormy weather
Reawakens buried hurt and pain
Inside
A bolt of thunder
Crash of light
Soft rain pours down
On a healed little heart
Gone
No more
Alive
Katy Owens Oct 2011
Summer storm clouds
Rolling in
Flash of light
Shrill whistles blow,
Long and Clears
Out crowded waters
Smiles dance on
Restless faces
Summer Storms
Favorite part of
A lifeguard’s day.
Katy Owens Sep 2013
Always a question
Something oft inquired
Wondering and whying in those
Get-to-know-you games
Any superpower, yours to have
What would you be?
Seems a simple query
But just as the Titanic learned
Icebergs seem much
Smaller from above
Answering to “what
Superpower would you want?”
Speaks so much more,
Runs so much deeper
It's a fight or flight response
Invisibility, teleportation
What are you hiding from?
Super strength, unlimited power
Why, do you feel weak? Unworthy? Small?
My response to such
An inquiry
Wings or none, I don't care
Simply put, I long to be
Free
What are you? Who do you wish to be?
Katy Owens Aug 2014
Tea
and Thoughts
centered on the table
Tea is gone
but Thoughts
are brimming full
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