Katherine’s Mind

Excerpts from my notes app

Moving Out (But Never On)

There’s cardboard boxes by the front door
Who’d have thought I’d miss our creaky floors?
Or the oven that can’t roast a thing,
the way we sweat our way through spring,
the moments are flying by

It took three months to take our tree down
The kitchen stools would break when they went ’round
Those walls heard all our birthday songs,
The carrot cake, and bathroom mold
Where do these memories go?

I don’t wanna get good at saying “goodbye”
I’m always the first and the loudest to cry
I can’t help my heart, you see,
It just takes a hold of me
I clutch with my knuckles turned white

I’m always running,
Always running,
Out of time.

~ an ode to junior year

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Thanks for stopping by! Chances are, I already know you, or we’re about to know each other really well. My name is Katherine Novakovich and, for better or for worse, you’re about to catch a glimpse of my mind. I’m a student at Northwestern University studying literature, education, history, and Classics, and trying my hardest to realize life while I live it–every, every minute.

These posts are primarily ramblings from my head that I had to write down before they drove me crazy, but I hope you find them as enrapturing as I have. Not everything posted here is perfectly polished, nor is it set in stone, but my thoughts aren’t either (and I think that’s okay!). I appreciate you taking the time to read parts of my inner monologue, and I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on my thoughts and opinions if you’d be willing. Let’s learn from each other!

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