thirteen ways to describe water
one I sat with my toes just barely breaking the water, Watching it run freely with a jealously hardly contained. I wanted to freeze it...
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sawyer kurtenbach
Jan 5, 20201 min read
concept: again
concept: my hands become gentle again. i am not afraid to touch, for i know my hands will hold you softly. my claws retreat. i do not...
sawyer kurtenbach
Jan 1, 20201 min read
life is terminal
life is terminal. what you once loved will pass into shadow. the oceans are boiling, the icecaps are melting. our children will not call...
sawyer kurtenbach
Aug 27, 20191 min read
weight
you look like you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders but your smile is so light how do you take on the burdens of others and...
sawyer kurtenbach
Aug 25, 20191 min read
texts between angels
her eyes are dangerous i could drop my heart into them and never see it hit the bottom my wings have been burning for days please send...
sawyer kurtenbach
Jul 29, 20191 min read
every time
every day i wonder why when i look at you i see the sky shades of red, yellow, pink, and blue far beyond their natural hue i don't know...
sawyer kurtenbach
Jul 24, 20191 min read
i believe in myself
i used to believe that blind faith could pull me through but the world is cruel and i am a victim of my own undoing so now i believe in...
sawyer kurtenbach
May 19, 20191 min read
january
when my brother and i sit resolutely with our arms crossed and lips pouted my mom rolls her eyes and sighs “january children“ because...
sawyer kurtenbach
Apr 25, 20191 min read
i can't think
i can't think when you're around. you move and the universe swirls to a stop beneath your feet. you hold hearts in your open palms, blood...
sawyer kurtenbach
Apr 23, 20191 min read
concept: i am in love again
concept: i am in love again. everything reminds me of you, and the heart beside your name gives me motivation to struggle through the...
sawyer kurtenbach
Apr 13, 20191 min read
dear mom
since the day i was born, all the way to today; to love me you're sworn, and never did you stray. you cleaned up my bruises, wiped away...
sawyer kurtenbach
Apr 7, 20191 min read
my words don't work
why do i let the world get to me? their claws are sharp. i thought my mind was sharper; but i suppose one can only reach so far before...
sawyer kurtenbach
Mar 14, 20191 min read
little red book: jan 14 2018 11:12 pm
as i reflect on how this year went by, all the times that i laughed, all the nights that i cried, a feeling of wonder--a happy memory...
sawyer kurtenbach
Mar 12, 20191 min read
concept: our life is domesticated
concept: our life is domesticated. we live in a decent-sized apartment with a large window overlooking the city and a balcony. i drape...
sawyer kurtenbach
Mar 5, 20191 min read
i am in love with what is not mine
i am in love with what is not mine. singing along to lyrics that i cannot really relate to, but somehow, they touch me. i feel them. they...
sawyer kurtenbach
Mar 3, 20191 min read
words
words scribbled hastily on the side of my bedside drawer, overlapping in the dark-- dancing into my head in the middle of a conversation...
sawyer kurtenbach
Feb 27, 20191 min read
concept: i live simply, but
concept: i live simply, but color over the lines. my apartment is small, but it is overrun neatly with plants that i forget to water and...
sawyer kurtenbach
Feb 25, 20191 min read
girls & boys
girls are soft. they crumble into pieces at my fingertips, as i grasp vainly at air and wonder where it all went wrong. the words pierce...
sawyer kurtenbach
Feb 25, 20191 min read
i write because
i write because sometimes the words that come out of my mouth are halting and misshapen but when my fingers touch the paper worlds open...
sawyer kurtenbach
Feb 24, 20191 min read
concept: i live art
concept: i live art, i breathe art. my skin is a canvas. i want to be a blank sheet, if you will be the pen. i want to have tattoos...
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