Kristen Balyeat

Joined January 2023

173 stories

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Words fly to me on the wind, bump into me as I'm strolling the city, splash me in the face while I rest by the river, and shake me awake in the middle of the night—I’m humbly one of the vessels they use to come to life.

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p e r c e p t i o n s
i envied the clouds from my cage—i only thought the door was secured
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
w i t h i n
in pursuit of joy like bees in flight for blooms—shall we tend our garden?
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
i miss you
i hope the rays of sun that touched you are the same beams caressing me
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
free spirit
clouds dance through stoic trees, teasing needles grasp—you can't tame feral hearts
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
i n e f f a b l e. Top Story - November 2024.
forget language show me the g e s t i c u l a t i o n of your jowls as you realize your joy and grief a m p l i f y
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
e s s e n c e
write your breath into the frosted night, let me read your soul by starlight
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
m u s e
the unseen dripped from boundless skies—i dipped my pen and wrung it to life
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
r e p r e s s e d
i buried shadows in the new moon, forgetting— light comes in phases
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
e n l i g h t e n
new insights glisten meteors through velvet sky let me fetch my net
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
w o n d e r
clouds shift in delight to your tiny voice—urging me to remember
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
r e l e a s e
monsoons pour from my eyes purging tributaries then the rainbow comes
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets
r e s o n a n c e
i examined the nebulas and found the gaze fixated on me
By Kristen Balyeatabout a year ago in Poets