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Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
The sun is back!
I feel it rain down on me
I smile back up at the sun
And let it soak into my veins
The snow still remains
I feel the dark days melt along with it
I lay there, even though the ground is wet
And look at the sky
Wondering
Are they watching down at me?
Can they see what I cannot see?
Do they hear what is hidden behind words?
Do they want to help?
I can feel the sun brush my skin
I can feel the hope regrowing in my heart
Maybe I can start anew
Breathe fresh air
Now that I can feel the sun
And smile back too
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
All those that I have hurt, made suffered, and tore down
I am sorry, so sorry because I was the broken one
No excuses, no guise, no half assed disguise
It was me to scared to open
For my heart has been broken
So many times that its shattered
I didn't think it mattered
If I broke and I pushed
But now I can see
My eyes have been opened
And slowly I can heal
From the pain and the torture
I never allowed myself to feel
So I am sorry,
So sorry
To all of those I have hurt
To those who have cried
To those who I've lied to
To those who have tried to help
And I only pushed away
I beg of you that someday
You might forgive me
Because while I am still not whole yet
I am half way there
And while I still breathe heavy
From running all these years
I refuse to look at the times that are so dark
I refuse to look away
Today it's time I really grew up
Faced the crowd
And just pray
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
All alone in an empty room
Nothing left but the memories of when I had my best frIend
I don't know how we ended up here
I don't know but it's never been so clear
We made a mistake, dear.
And I see the broken glass in front of me
I see your shadow hangIng over me
And your face, I can see

Through the trees
I wIll find you;
I wIll heal the ruins left inside you
Cause I'm stIll here breathing now...
I'm still here breathing now
I'm still here breathIng now
UntIl I'm set free.
Go quiet through the trees

I remember how we used to talk
About the places we would go when we were off
And all that we were gonna find.
And I remember our seeds grow
And how you cried when you saw
The first leaves show.
The love was pouring from your eyes.

So can you see
The branches hanging over me?
Can you see
The love you left inside of me?
In my face
Can you see?

Through the trees
I will find you;
I will heal the ruins left inside you.
Cause I'm still here breathing now
I'm still here breathing now
I'm still here breathing now
Until I'm set free.
Go quiet through the trees.

Cause you're not coming back
And you're not coming back
You're not coming back...
You're not coming back...

Take my breath as your own
Take my eyes to guide you home

Cause I'm still here breathing now...
I'm still here breathing now...
I'm still here breathing now...
And I'm still here...

But you're not coming back.
And you're not coming back.
Cause you're not coming back
Until I'm set free
Go quiet through the trees.
One of my favorite songs <3
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
The sky hovers watching
Bullets spray from each side
The sky crys wishing
Spreading its arms
Blood pools in the soil
Remains of a conflict settled by war
A hat taken off in sign of respect
A family mourns their loved one
A father with two sons and a daughter too young to remember
A wife with a half a heart buried in the ground
The hallway where he'd sing his songs
Rang without sound
Empty, as the chair he would sit in when he was home
They eat in despair for they feel so alone
The tree outside the window
The one they planted as a family
Shed its leaves in the midst of the summer
Only to sprout leaves so full and rich with green
The branches coiling, wrapping its arms around each other
And behind it tr sunset with hues of red, pink, and a burst of orange
We will all meet again
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
Dark, always dark
The walls are painted by blood
So scared as the brilliant red
Drips in an uneven path
Stopping at my shaking legs
Slightly aware of my freshly sliced wrist
Everything begins to fade out to grey
I want to pass out
But the voices in my head screams
Telling me to open my eyes
Write the lies on the wall
Repent for your sins
It screams in my head
And as I push at it
Trying to escape
My skin tears open slowly
This time it's me whose screaming
Begging, pleading
Write the lies on the wall
Inside my head they scream
I want to move but the pain hold me immobilized
My eyes begin to bleed
I might just explode
As my head throbs
And my skin breaks
Thank god I woke up
This was a real nightmare I had, I apologize for how gruesomely graphic it was I just needed to capture it all while it was still fresh.
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
Tell me I am a monster
Tell me I destroy
Go ahead
I've heard it all before
I break those that get too close
Pray I don't get you too
Run while you still have a chance
I'm just **poison
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
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