285: The Poet's Job

We try to capture emotions

like we hunt for butterflies.

We sweep through the air

towards the dainty flicker of wings,

full of life and colour,

and pin them in a case

in which we hope

they remain whole

so we can come back to look at them

when life grows dull.

We try to capture emotions

to exhibit them in museums

like tomes of human history

of the most intimate kind.

We try to show to others

how we see and feel the world

and hope that someone out there

sees it just like us.

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Written by: Katrine Hjulstad

Instagram: @katrinehjulstad

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