Featured Poet - Kat Davis

SOMEONE TO LISTEN

I felt like nobody was listening.

I didn't even want to talk anymore.

But as soon as I was ready to give up,

I found someone to listen to.

Out of nowhere I found them.

It hit me like an epiphany.

Someone to hear the words I don't say.

I found that love within.

Because instead of listening to their voices,

I decided to fall in love with my own.

ASHAMED

You broke my heart,

You lied right to my face.

You did everything you said you'd NEVER do.

Then while I was hurting,

With tears running down my face,

You somehow made me feel sorry for you.

Like maybe it was my fault.

Maybe I pushed you to a point,

I must truly be the one to blame.

That's why I hate looking in the mirror,

I even hate making eye contact, 

Because I don't want other people to see my shame.

I'm ashamed of myself,

I hate who I am,

I don't know how to let this feeling go.

For there is no way

To break a heart that's already been broken,

Because it only beats for show.

I'VE FOUND MY SOUL

People think I've lost my mind,

Whole time I've found my soul.

People think I gave up on God,

When we've never been so close.

Don't believe just what you see,

Don't go off what you heard.

For my vibration is so high,

I can touch people with only a few words.



*From my second book 'A Black Kat's Voice Volume Two: From Katie, To Kat.'

FEELS AMISS

We go through our entire lives,

Trying to get from that to this.

There has to be a goal to reach.

Or else something feels amiss.

We want a lover to call our own,

Or maybe a child that has our face.

We speed through life so fast,

We often forget that it's not a race.

Everybody wants to be rich,

Everybody wants a life that's steady.

But have you ever stopped to ask yourself,

How do you know you're not rich already?