Kat Kempf

HELLO WORLD, this is ze Kat! Es gibt gute Nachrichten! I AM BACK. Jetzt mit der Extraportion Musik, dickem Grinsen und neuen Sounds. Seit kurzem spiele ich bei der großartigen Leipziger Band Komplizen (Komplizen) den Bass und wir sind bald in Helmbrechts bei Nürnberg, außerdem gibt's endlich wieder solo Konzerte! Alles Weitere auf den folgenden Bildern, kommt vorbei! Ick freu mir soo! 💛

PS: Wer nach Leipzig zum Dreier Gig "Andere Saiten aufziehen" kommen möchte schreibt mir bitte eine Mail (hello ät katkempf de) oder DM auf Instagram. Bis gleich, ihr Tollen! 🥁

When I realized the storm
was inevitable, I made it
my medicine.

Took two snowflakes
on the tongue in the morning.
two snowflakes on the tongue by noon.

There were no side effects.
Only sound effects.

Reverb
added to my lifespan,
an echo that asked

What part of your life's record is skipping?

What wound is on repeat?

Have you done everything you can to break out of that groove?

By nighttime I was intimate with the difference
between tying my laces
and tuning the string section
of my shoes, made a symphony of walking away from everything that did not want my life to sing

Felt a love for myself so consistent
metronomes tried to copyright my heartbeat.

Finally understood I am the conductor
of my own life and will be even after I die.

I, like the trees, will decide what I become:

Porch swing?
Church pew?

An envelope that must be licked
to be closed?

Kinky choice, but
I didn't close.

I opened
and
opened

until I could imagine the pain
was the sensation of my spirit not breaking,

that my mind was a parachute
that could always open in time,
that I could wear my heart on my sleeve and never grow out of that shirt.

That every falling leaf
is a tiny kite with a string too small to see, held by the part of me in charge of making beauty out of grief.

Andrea Gibson

—-

A year of grief, joy and peace.
Thank you to everyone who witnessed my growth, made me laugh, dried my tears and held my hand. It means the world.

See you on the other side,
Kat. 💫 ❤️‍🩹