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November 17, 2022

it doesn’t matter

By Kat Myrman 
it doesn’t matter

when someone says,
it doesn’t matter
it’s not necessarily 
an obstinate
self-defeating,
depreciating, 
or rude thing to say
it can be 
liberating
when one knows
what matters is
recognizing 
what doesn’t...
the worrying, 
second-guessing, 
soul-crushing 
defeatism that happens
when we try to fit in, 
be accepted, 
follow the rules, 
play the game
be noticed…
in fact, not mattering,
where invisibility is a gift,
anonymity, sublime
is where what 
matters most, 
breathing 
loving
being
happens...
the rest
is an illusion,
smoke and mirrors, 
the sum of a life
wasted

~kat

I’m actually in a good place…where nothing matters but the things that do. With age comes wisdom and a general “I don’t give a fuck” attitude! When life gets shorter, you realize life is too short! It is glorious place to be!!! Oh my… did I just say/write fuck?!!! Well I don’t give a “you know what”! 🤪

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September 30, 2022

comes the rain…

By Kat Myrman 










comes the rain…


how odd it feels 
this dark drear night
as sheets of rain 
and milky fog 
obscure my sight
while puddles swell 
earth waterlogged 
from outer bands 
that sweep the sky
a monster with a single eye, 
a tempest wielding misery 
over a thousand miles, 
its bitter tears from
too warm seas brings
half a nation to its knees
odd, i think, to taste the rain
that's caused such pain
to neighbors i will never meet
terribly connected, we,  
and yet so far, so very far away 


~kat





This poem was birthed in the foothills of Bramlette Mountain at dusk on the 30th of September 2022 as the outer bands of Hurricane Ian bent the pines and drenched the loam while simultaneously making landfall several states away on the South Carolina coast. We humans truly are a wrinkle, a mere blip on the vast landscape of this earth. Who are we to boast of anything at all when a raindrop can render us small?

				

				

				

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						September 18, 2022					
				

				
autumn dawning

				

					By Kat Myrman				

				

					






autumn dawning

there’s a nip in the air
cricket-song muted
and the random trill
of winter birds breaks
the din, “i am still here”, 
they seem to say,
my senses come to life
this time of year, not
in springtime, nor summer,
certainly not in sleepy winter,
but autumn, when sunlight
through the trees bends
into shades of gold, 
chartreuse and amber,
warm on my full face
my skin tingling cool,
when the loam prepares
her nest to welcome home
leaves set free on the wind,
when the calendar meanders 
slowly toward year’s end
urging me to loose my own
burdens for a brief spell,
survival, loss, longing, 
to embrace moments of joy,
peace, contentment, love,
to breathe…
to bake bread for breaking 
to make soup for sharing,
to don sweaters and socks,
to tuck my feet into 
the crook of an oversized
chair, while sipping tea with 
honey as the days grow shorter,
and the gloaming blooms vibrant
streams of crimson, “i am still
here”, i muse, “i am still here”

~kat

				

				

				

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						August 21, 2022					
				

				
little tree

				

					By Kat Myrman				

				

					






take care, what you wish for
little tree; don’t rush to blush
amidst midsummer’s balmy 
haze, for summer comes but 
once a season; take your cue from
elder trees, their lavish manes
of sparkling emerald, chartreuse 
and sage, wisdom comes from
weathering life’s cycles, grace and 
age, and autumn, with her cool dawn
snap will be here soon enough
you’ll see; so entertain the breeze
and dance, while dusk holds back
the shade of night, your dreams 
will keep, they’re never late, 
but lie in wait until the time 
is right…oh little tree stay green,
let your sprouting limbs grow strong
stretch your roots into the loam
that holds the memories of home
in just a blink your innocence
will be laid bare, as winter’s 
snow becomes your hair, the night
will wrap you tight and long and 
you will wonder where time’s gone, 
and think about the summers passed, 
while drifting off to sleep

~kat

				

				

				

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						August 12, 2022					
				

				
heart shift

				

					By Kat Myrman				

				

					

Merlin invading space! ❤️





heart shift

even the tiniest of souls,
when they leave a space,
may impart a void so deep
and wide; though we may
try to fill it with memories, 
stories long forgotten that
manifest, consuming our 
thoughts, spilling out like balm 
to comfort us in the emptiness,
that strange hush of one less
heartbeat, one less breath, 
one less voice to fill the 
hollow air surrounding us,
even the tiniest of souls, 
once having touched our
hearts, never cease moving 
us, though their physical 
presence may dim, never 
to return, it is then we realize
that they will never truly be 
gone, because they became 
a part of us, oh so very long 
ago, and the emptiness we 
feel is our own heart skipping 
a beat, adjusting to the shift 
that fondness of heart, and great 
love in absentia, knows so well,
the bitter and the sweet

~kat





Taking a moment to wrap myself in grief over the loss of our very senior 21 year old gentleman cat, Merlin…may he rest in peace. Merlin 2001-2022











				

				

				

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