A BEAUTIFUL OBSESSION by Kat Myrman

I spend a great deal of time spinning words in the wee hours of the morning…

It is partly due to my aging bladder, those nighttime trolls to the privy...but once I am up and about, it takes me a bit of time to settle back to sleep. I also find that I am at my most creative when the earth is dark and quiet. On one such morning recently as I lay reading to settle my mind, it struck me that my affair with words has been a lifetime obsession.  This poem is a love story. One that I believe we all share. Blessings to you!

A Beautiful Obsession

by Kat Myrman

My love for you began


before I understood that


you would be a life-long


obsession. You wooed me


with promises of blissful


release, and pledged to


sustain me, encouraging


me to use you whenever


I had need. You tickled


my ears with sweet


nothings, encouraging


me to dance, to twirl


through lyrical dips and


curves that left me


breathless and wanting


for more.

You held nothing back,


revealing your fierce


passion and power to


rattle and persuade, cool


and cunning, cutting me


to the heart with


razor-like precision.


It only made me love


you more, drawing me


deep, with a yearning to


trace every syllable of


your complexity, fingers


trembling with each


touch, you became


an empty open book


begging to be filled.

Beautiful, beautiful


Words…it’s plain to


see, you had me att

“hello”.

Kat Myrman: When she’s not working in a cubicle from 9 to 5, Kat can be found taking photographs and photo editing, writing poetry and prose, or sketching and painting. With roots in traditional Christianity, these days Kat finds herself transitioning more into a feminine, earth-based Spirituality with a focus on living in the moment. Her greatest joy is found in encouraging and empowering others. Kat lives in a century-old home in a historic neighborhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with her wife, Traci and their menagerie of critters: two very big dogs, three rescued kitties, a tortoise and a Sun Conure. Her four grown daughters have enriched Kat’s life with five (and counting) amazing grandchildren and several grand-pups. You can connect with Kat at her blog “like mercury colliding”, on Facebook, or on her pet kid’s Facebook Page, Henry’s Friends (where Kat is the translator).

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