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Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
They say we have freedom,
But why do I feel so trapped?
I feel like a prisoner in a mild prison,
I can't understand why people degrade each other for who they are, what they like, who they love,
It's not the world I want to be apart of,
If the things we want the most are war, hate, and rudeness,
I wrote this because of something I saw today
Katlyn Orthman Dec 2012
wings I take with me
I take flight and fight , yes fight
Gliding on the wind

On its breast I lay
On its heart I stay
A thump, thump, thump
That mirrors the bump, bump, bump

A different scene is set as I wash up on the
Sky's current
The clouds it's swishing wave's
The seas of above

Destroyed by shame
Destroyed by pain
I was capsized
And drowning
As I fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Down
Farther
Farther
No
Sound
Take
Me
To
The
Ground
I was surronded all around
An alien sent to probe the minds of the earths children
I was only flying
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
Hope,
I didn't see you there,
I haven't seen you in a long time,
Faith,
Is that your beautiful face?
I haven't look into in a while,
I've been so desolate,
That I didn't realize,
That people had been around me,
Maybe now I will be alright,
Goodnight hope,
Goodbye faith,
It's time I met gods embrace,
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
The melody spills from my lips
As I sing these words
My voice goes low
My voice goes high
These words will touch the sky
Rush through valleys
Dip to the plates of the earth
Then swirl through the skies
To the heavens
I sing from my soul
I sing from my heart
These words slowly crumble me apart
My feelings rest behind
Each syllable
My eyes well with tears
As I sing these words
That I write here
soft in her beauty ,
She closed her eyes
Rich with her youn adolescent purity
She was in desguise
She hide her true nature behind a mask
The only thing she had
Was a memory of the past

The words mean nothing to the people that hear
But those words
Hold my pain and my fear
And even as I lower
The microphone
I knew that I was going home
With sadness in my heart
Because they never understood
The words that I sang
Real lyrics that I included into this poem, I love music just as much as I love poetry
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
Pulling me from every side
Falling on the hot coals
I really wish that I could hide
Because everybody knows
Katlyn Orthman Feb 2013
You leave me with a beating heart
I'm no longer fallen apart
I've been put back together
I feel weightless like a feather
I no longer want to waste away
I'm still happy today
So I give my thanks to you
For doing what you do
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
I couldn't help but feel so sad
Because I know I grow older and I'll have to realese the good times I've had
I fear of forgetting
Of all that I have
Growing old, and dying
I don't mind dying , but I can't forget
Who I am, who I love
I'm scared of a new year and what it brings
Always cautious of turning the corner
Monsters always lurk near by
And solemnly I cry
But I can't say why
The passing of the time perhaps
And though I'm young and have much to see
I wonder what horrors I may next face
See I've learned not to trust the unknown
Pain prowls in the fog
And though I am only human
I can only wish I rise above the greed
I should be thankful to still breath
But fear has crippled me
I have found that I ...... Am weak
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 Jan 2013
It was under the warmth of the sun
That the first tear fell
It was the beginning of "done"
And the opening of my hell

You had broken my soft trusting heart
Crashed into my wall
You pulled me apart
And made me fall

Let me go please let me go
i just want to know
do you really care?
do you see me standing there?
or is it someone else
please just tell me

I want to forget your eyes
That haunt me now
I want to forget the lies
But I don't know how

After every chance I gave
You wasted each one
After each path I paved
You hit me where it stung

Let me go please let me go
i just want to know
do you really care?
do you see me standing there?
or is it someone else
please just tell me  

And now I'm crying to myself
Because you called again
It's not good for my health
You aren't now, you weren't then

Let me go please let me go
i just want to know
do you really care?
do you see me standing there?
or is it someone else
please just tell me
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
Sometimes the shortest poems
               Hold the most meaning
                               And touch the most hearts....
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
This pen in my hand
Has a mind of its own
It writes by itself
Only my mind
Giving orders
To the tip spotted with ink
The words painted on
I gave a silent wink
To the masterpiece before me
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
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
Tonight I'm leaving
I won't be back
I won't look over my shoulder
I can't stop
Hesitate
Falter
I have to walk
I've been slowly diminishing away
As I've sat here
Pretending
Like I don't need
Like I am above pain
But truth is
I'm dying
I hate the snickering voices
In my head mocking me
I used to think I would be okay
But I'm not!
I won't be!
And this pain emanating from me
No one seems to care
Or feel
I wish I could continue on
A perfect lie
But within every lie is a small truth
My truth is untold
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
I've been away for so long
That I had forgotten how it feels
To sit with family all around
And cook family meals
The laughter the smiles
All pick me up
It's been awhile
But I still love the way it feels
Though its cold out
We still dare throw water
And we know we might catch colds
As we fight in only shirts in the snow
But we live in the present
And forget the consequences  
Because everything is easier that way
Been a long time since I've seen my extended family in Wisconsin
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2012
Had I been born a bird
With my outstretched wings
I would fly
Away from my hurt
Away from my past.....
Had I been born blind
I wouldn't have seen the
Glitch in my life
The one that ate me up
Inflicted so many sleepless nights ....
Had I been born deaf
I would've never heard
All the screams
That caused so many nightmares ....
Had I been born fast
I could've outrun the shadows
That engulfed me
In their arms
And burried me beneath
The surface
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
Hills and trees that I have passed before,
It is so familiar,
Yet it seems so alien to me now,
What was once peaceful,
Is now tainted by the memories,
I don't want to remember,
I don't want to see,
So as I pass these hills and these trees,
I turn my head and lock it away,
Back into its cage,
Where it will stay
Katlyn Orthman Jun 2013
Dark seeps into her crimson blood
Taunting him to come feed
The evil ripping through him
Building to a flaming need

Skin so cold it feels of ice
Drinking, eating in the dark of night
Soothing and singing
For her not to fight

Until shes pale and cant see
Until she wont cry
No evidence of her agony
She wont try

Silent, stealthy vampire
Blood dripping from throbbing fangs
The shell left of frozen death
No life, no breath
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
My heart like dry wall
Vandalized by you venom paint
Cover the bruises

Only you don't leave
When you tell me you are through
What else must you take?

I have grown weary
Of being pried by your hands
Every single day

Please just leave me now
My ill beating heart can bare
No more of your tricks
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
I wish to roam among them
Loyal strong and prideful
Together a body
Which moves as one
My dream to look Into their
Hunters eyes
So full of truth
But this Villalobos is burning down
Scattered running
Their paws hit the ground
Smoke fire chaos all around
I stand in the middle and watch the flames
My heart is breaking I call their names
How could we do this ?
Let this be?
Did this happen because of us?
Because of me,?
Bothers stop they matter to
Their foreign to us
Because they don't speak our language
Respect to you lobos
Because you are free
That's something above all of us
Even me
For those who don't know villalobos means village of wolves , lobos means wolves , just a poem about how we tear down their homes to make room for ours and I wish we didn't
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
Sweet cherry wood
Clean strings
The bow was so light
My soul was joyful
I could feel the passion welling
Inside me
I lay the bow against the string
And draw out a long sighful note
And then I jump into a series of slurrs
Rocking to the sound
I'm being swept away
Enveloped on the arms of the sound
So sweet and melodic
I was being drowned in the music
My arm was pumping the strings
Drawing every inch of beauty from it
I close my eyes and lose myself
To the song
To the beat
My heart beating fast
Racing with the strokes of my bow
Until I come to a crescendo
And then end my song mournfully
Ah, I love the viola I've played for 4 years and I absolutely adore it :)
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
I'm here they yell
Constantly yelling
It's the voices shouting
Shouting I say!
Always telling me that they're there
I only want the quite
I only need to sleep
But the voices screaming
Screaming I say!
They won't stop
I must be out of my mind
A madman I say!
They're always telling me
At the edge of the bridge
There you will find the cure
Why?
I don't want to go
I'm scared
Scared I say!
They might pull me over
Into the dark
Where I can't move
Where I'm bound
But they are screeching
Screeching I say!
They won't stop
They're pulling me from sleeps clutches
I'm going insane!
Insomnia is setting in
What's real?
Are these doors real?
Or when I open them will they pop out
Yelling at me
To go to the bridge
Where it all started
The rooms spinning
Spinning I say!
And I'm crashing
Crashing to the floor
The voices are raving
Raving I say!
Make them stop
Please I'm losing grip
Curses to those ungodly voices
Roaring in my head
Beating at my skull
Fleeting in my head
You'd think I was dead
But no the dark has no mind
To save me the ache of those voices
Trembling like a shaky note
Sang from a crones lips
This madness is setting in
It's been let in
The rest can go to hell
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2012
The nights air danced on my skin,
I waited for him,
A smile on my face and my heart in its place,
I waited for him,
A knot in my belly, and a glisten in my eyes,
I waited for him,
Teeth on my bottom lip and perched in my chair,
I waited for him,
And when a car pulled up and he wasn't there,
I could feel my heart stop,
The man took off his hat and bowed his head,
And I knew it then,  my father was dead
Katlyn Orthman Jul 2013
There and gone again
Where are you?
I whisper in the quiet of the night
Hypnotic stars blanketing the sky
In the shadows do you lay?
Where are you?
My fingers barely brush the veil
Before you are gone
Again
I am in your trance
Following your heartbeat
You I smell in the fragile breeze
Soft and sweet the aroma fills me
Where are you?
Come out come out
My searching heart begs of you
Show yourself to me
One who manipulates the shadows
And dances with the stars
I hear you, smell you, but cannot see
Why must you torture me
Give yourself to me
So I may rest again
From the earth I rose
Necromancers
Spirt dancers
Find me I must see
This heartbeat that has woke me
From my sleep
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
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
Walking along a path yet
*I am so very lost
War
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2014
War
War is the savage sea roaring in my veins
Calling to the animal lurking inside
It's twisted, and breaks a person down bare to their instincts
It beats past flesh, rips past pride, soars past your thoughts, tears your mind from inside
It dances on your feelings, slits the throat of your heart and feast on your bones tell all that is left is action.
War creates a robot inhabiting flesh
Kills your mind, before you can look deep down inside
For all you'll find
Is death
Katlyn Orthman Apr 2013
Sun in the fresh skies
The air grows warmer by day
Soak in the soft breeze
Katlyn Orthman Jun 2014
A glass breaks
They're mad again
Dad stayed out last night
with his best friend

She's crying
Heart broken on the floor
Her boyfriends fist crashed through the wall
her face, and then the door

He's drinking
Tipping the bottle back to erase the pain
She broke his heart again
he feels insane

He's barely alive
She's threatening to let go
Her beating heart
Is all that he knows

She's a single mother
Her children are her life
She seen their father
Out with his new wife

They can't get away
From the war in their hearts
The guns the bombs...
Are tearing them apart
Just a small poem on love, and that's not to say that it's all bad. I think there are ups and downs in everything we do, and each is just as important. We can't let the bad things break us, but use the lessons in them to make us stronger.
Katlyn Orthman Nov 2012
Dear love , my dear
I hold you in my embrace
As the fire dances amongst the trees
Casting shadows on Decembers lawn
A blanket of chill
But it shall not snake it's way against your skin
While I
Hold you...
You ask me of my past
But my past is not my present
I have escaped
Its angry cloak
I would rather make moments to be
Remembered
Now
With you so soft
And small
A warriors bride
For you are glass with a core of steel
And your cracks always heal
Your brown hair
Curtains shy eyes
To insucure
To gaze at mine
Though I can feel you want to
Just let go
And let the stars guide you
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
Katlyn Orthman Jun 2013
My porcelain heart
Is broken again
I glue the parts
And hold it in
The hurt the tears
and all the pain
The roaring storming
That begins to rain
The things that make you so right
And the things that make you so wrong
The stupid things we chose to fight
And one beating heart that made us so strong
But thats thrown away not spared a glance behind
Its thrown far into the waves, and left me dying inside
Katlyn Orthman Jun 2013
Small birds chatter together
As I watch with a keen eye
I wonder what it's like to fly
Katlyn Orthman Mar 2013
Days going by slowly,
Passing by the seconds as the clock ticks lonely
Sitting here at this empty table
Watching the clock
The broken hearts
And failed apologies
In the middle
Chairs in disarray
Angry words left behind
The only kind words are mine
Trying to reconnect a broken family
One that used to be so strong
Now there's only accusations and wrong
Like a war battling in my living room
The damage left cant be swept up by my broom
And I just sit here and watch the clock
As time goes by
We sit here screaming wasting our time
And I'm just praying that we're going to be fine
But that wish is only mine
Katlyn Orthman May 2013
The way I see it you're all ready gone
I push away so fast
The way I see it I'll be leaving by dawn
This night was our last

I'll be packing my bags and leaving soon
Don't worry you'll find much better
When the clock strikes  at the tip of noon
My eyes will grow a bit wetter

There's no turning back I try to believe
In these words that I say
It's time to go, it's my time to leave
I've been ready to do this all day

The train goes by
I wonder why
I never boarded that train
Maybe love is deeper than
This fear of causing pain
Katlyn Orthman Apr 2015
Against the sky is the Pillar of Light
Hands outstretched ready at our open backs
Milky Way our Guardian of the night
Is everything that our world hereby lacks

Tentative to show its face to our eyes
The Red Moon peeks out behind a curtain
For a few minutes it will socialize
Of our humanity it is certain

Along the line our lineage has crossed
Stardust lingers in the blue of our veins
Our existence was very nearly lost
Resilient Stardust helps us remain

So you see that we are made of star stuff
Because being human was not enough
Wrote this for a Language Arts Project. It's still a work in progress but I thought I would share.
Katlyn Orthman Aug 2013
Through their eyes,
They only see what we show,
They don't see below,
They don't realize
That our hearts beat
But they are breaking
From all the hits they've taken
From all the defeat
They don't hear the strum of our guitar strings
They don't here the lyrics we cry
I wonder why
They never hear us sing
They don't see that we're becoming so helpless
As everything turns so wrong
By the chorus of the song
That this melody is regressed
They don't feel the sorrow that falls from our lips
Or see the tears we brush away
When the sun goes down at the end of the day
And we start to slip
They don't see that we are the broken ones
That hide behind words that can only mean so much.
Katlyn Orthman Apr 2013
I've decided if I can't  be the fairy tale person
I want to be
I might as well be carefree
Dancing with my arms in the air
Run my fingers through my hair
Jamming to Metallica with the music up
The lyrics never giving up
My speakers shaking as it drowns my pain
Hey who said sadness had to be lame?
Might as well make it as good as I can
Midnight pouting, I'm not a fan
I rather dance
Twirl and prance
Rock out on the syllables they sing
Dance with the vibes it brings
Give myself away
To the hearty party sway
Ahhh what a day
Katlyn Orthman Oct 2014
Little one
A few years old
Arms bound, soul chained
Auctioned off and sold

A picture on the news
This girls been gone four days
Death is almost certain
The murderer escapes

A man with a cross
Settled proudly on his chest
Victimized for evil deeds
A rusted blade tugging against his flesh

Young girl
She walks alone
***** and beaten
On her way home

Poor child
Holes in his shoes
His stomach growls
It's nothing new

Tears mean nothing
If you turn a blind eye
Every minute we're silent
Someone else will die

We lost hope in humanity
Brought down by brutality
This worlds reached insanity
Our hate is our own fatality
I turned on the news tonight, the world has gone to ****.
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2014
What a wicked world
When blood is shed
In the name of religion
What wicked days
When death is set
Like the sun on the horizon
What wicked times
When evil taints
Love
And what wicked schemes
When we see this happen
Over again but never learn our lesson
The end is drawing closer
The curtains begin to close
And we'll be faced with our Judgement
I do believe we won't be happy
With what we see
Katlyn Orthman Feb 2020
In the dead of night
I bend in a bow
Full of dread and lacking sight
I know now

People will whisper loudly
Through actions instead of words
Raising their eyes proudly
Their lies are always heard

Begging I will sprout again
Like spring blossoms, open eyes
Where this dark and dingy road will end
Will end in my surprise

I have graciously fought this war
Although my scars are thick and sore
Fighting to take a breath of air
My heart is sadly tore

These voices leak inside my head
Although I've closed the door
I can hear them even though I shed
They're always wanting more

I will pick back up where I had left off
I am stuck nevermore
And they will roll their eyes and scoff
But I will have the score

In the dead of night
I bend in a bow
I've been given sight
To know what I know now
Katlyn Orthman Dec 2013
What is life?
What defines living?
Is it the labored breaths,
that fill weak lungs?
Or is it the rush,
that fills frozen viens?
Is it the feeling of love,
or the feeling of pain?
Is it the swish of long hair,
or the curve of small hips?
Is it soft skin,
or soft lips?
Is it  what we wear?
Or how we talk?
Is it who we are,
or how we walk?
Tell me because I'm unsure,
do we really know the answer,
to what defines anything anymore?
Katlyn Orthman Dec 2012
What's another tear
Shedding my pain and fear
What's another sigh
My heart learning to die

What's another crack
Just add another shard to the stack
My nearly broken heart
Simply falling apart

What's another road
Follow as I'm told
What's another stain
Just signifys my pain

What's another scar
Just shows who you are
What's another day
Where you refuses to stay

What's another fight
Just like every night
What's another tear
Shedding my pain and fear
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2014
I asked myself,
why am I proud of being a Human being?
For a while I didn't know
I could only think of all the wrong I'm seeing
painted in blood on the ivory snow.

I thought to myself,
humans are weak and afraid of the truth,
we hurt others to appease ourselves.
People use lies in place of solid proof,
for golden trophy's placed on their shelves.

I watched
as people laughed and hurt one another
for something as invaluable as fame.
And as I did I felt guilty
to be apart of a race put to shame.

I watched
as bravery was described as a man behind a gun
killing in the name of "peace"
I saw people hating and judging for fun
because that was what looked good at the time.

I saw death
on the news, in the papers, on the streets
and cried as the blood was spilled
I watched people fighting one another
for a position so irrelevant being filled.

I watched gangs go to war
because he's black and he's white
I saw people excluding one another
because she prefers dark while she prefers light.

But when I flipped to the next page
I saw that they held out their hand
to people in need
They gave their knowledge to those who didn't understand
and take in those that they feed.

I saw a smile in the crowd
when hope was not in sight
and I saw a warring man
put down his gun in that fight.

I watched them build a neighbor's house
when the going got tough
I saw them lend a shoulder
when the days got to rough.

I saw another man preach
when we needed a change
and I saw another one accept
when the other was strange.

We'll never be utopia
no but we can try to be
Katlyn Orthman Jun 2013
Twisted little lullaby
Do you hear the children cry?
Song lyrics laced with fear
A woeful cry a frozen tear

Under your bed is where he sleeps
Watching and listening while you weep
Waiting for the time to come
When the nightmares start and you begin to run

Keep your eyes closed because he can see
Into your eyes and in your dreams
Toying and playing, taunting you too come near
He can smell the stench of your growing fear

One bite is all it will take for him to claim your soul
One bite for him to devour you whole
One wrong move you make and he'll take your breath
One wrong move brings your death
Katlyn Orthman Aug 2014
By tomorrow we'll be turned to sand
Just the outline of our out stretched hand

By tomorrow we'll be devoured by obsolete
Out of date and forgotten with no competition to compete

By tomorrow we'll be swimming in our hopes and dreams
Unaware, without a care, and spiraling down without a means

Don't bring tomorrow
Katlyn Orthman Aug 2015
There is a wistful feeling that curls like smoke from the rain clouds
As feet splash in puddles reflecting the sky

The sound of rain beating it's fists against the glass
As the rain washes away the dirt
Making everything new

There is a feeling of kindred spirits as I stare up at the sky
And see the moon ebbing alongside the stars
A feeling of homesick illness washes over me

There is a feeling of deep despair as I walk in the night
Silence is heavy, resting on my shoulders
I am always waiting

For that feeling
Katlyn Orthman Sep 2014
This land that's never set her eyes on war
Never tasted the blood of soldiers
But oh how she has tasted blood
Never tasted salty tears of genocide
But oh how she's tasted tears
Never hungered with her children's famine
But oh how she's hungered
Never brought to her knees with hopeless prayers
But oh how she has prayed
Never lived in constant terror
But oh how she has feared
The innocence that once rest like a quilt on frail shoulders
Ripped away to bear the fierce cold
Comfort, so taken for granted
Will be a beacon of what we'll miss
When all is lost
I have this terrible gut feeling that something awful is going to happen soon.
Katlyn Orthman Feb 2013
When angels die
They leave no mark
When they go
There is no spark
No tears are shed
No hearts are broke
No pain mislead
No words to choke on
When angels die
The leaves won't fall
When they go
No loved ones call
When angels die
The world grows dimmer
The pain is stronger
And love is slimmer
When angels die
The pain haunts easier
The face of evil
Grows sleazier
When angels die
The pain puts you down
You fall a little faster
And you hit the ground
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
Katlyn Orthman Jan 2013
Breath dancing on the air
In swirls of clouded heat
My face is cold
And the winds are blowing
And here I'm stuck waiting for a bus
And I'm humming along
To my favorite song
I look across the street
Empty, quiet, not even a heartbeat
I look at the ground and pretend I'm not there
And that I'm gone in a far away land
Dream of the heat and the sun
All the summer fun
That I miss and I long to have
Oh sigh, so miserable, why?
When it's cold outside
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