Katie Jane Villanueva
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Katie Jane is a fourth-year student majoring in History. Outside of Iris, Katie Jane works as a graphic designer for Aramark, freelance artist, and DJ for WXTJ Charlottesville. She spends her free time making animations for TikTok, gaming or watching cartoons with friends, and pretending to do homework at Starbucks.
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The longer I looked at my instagram, it became less of a museum, and more of a mausoleum. A distraught young girl haunting the hallways.
It is not only to follow or imitate
the tradition of our elders of yesterday
these hands
like those that came before us
reach the pure ether
where gods live
where I live
catching every fruitful tear
as if the answer to me
July 25th, 2021
I feel like I am floating after this untethering. Like a balloon headed for the clouds, in that dually melancholy and pleasing way. After this life change, I was expecting my reality to crash around me. This not-quite painful floating sensation has taken me off guard. Losing love is a funny thing.
A little girl holds my heart with both hands
runs through veins, arteries, jumping cell to cell hopscotch
she loves big stuffed panda bears and drawing
big pink hearts with thick markers all over my teeth
she stays inside on rainy days, when her tiny ears catch the sound