5.18.25

life and passage of time made a wraith of them and the eye was known 2 deceive across the land a powerful weave of water and sky influenced by fire the magic they conceive ... #katyamills

immunity auto

when you cannot rely on auto
immunity
the cells spellbound
they bask in
impunity


you get up
anyway
shake out these tired bones
and write

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5.11.25

let nothing eclipse your heart

#katyamills

Journal X

 Pierce the Yearning Heart. A tragic love story I wrote. Now published alongside many great poems and works of fiction and memoir in Journal X. Page 160. https://www.cabrillo.edu/journal-x/ 

• Katya Mills

trace

a trace of polish
blends the scratches
on my boots
a touch of concealer
on my face
50 years there
for all to see
half of it was
cell phone
free

#katyamills

selcouth

the routine thrown the glass

blown

selcouth the way the light sparkles

out from the ceiling design

5 star hotel

divine

a diversity of colors plastered

upon unpigmented faces drinking

old fashioneds in a time of

rations

a celebratory

stock market

spike

#katyamills

4.30

only one and one only. additional memories were not required to set their nerves 2 rattling and heart 2 thundering. this one came in the scent of a particular bloom had thrived in the garden. not a crime witnessed. kept within the family until they got a good therapist.