when they tell you otherwise, don't believe them. there is never any crime in putting yourself first. you will let them come back again and again before you realize that they only change long enough for you to let them in one more time.ĩ. listen to what your gut is telling you.Ĩ. you're not wrong for wanting to run, so do it. your mind is playing tricks on itself and your heart is trying to convince itself that it made the right choice.Ħ. there will be less good days than bad days but the good days will be so amazing that it will feel like everything is better than it actually is. this is how they are, how they've always been. soon enough, you'll be bleeding again, but they will never give you what you really need.Ĥ. apologies are like band-aids, when what you really need is stitches– they don't actually fix anything long-term.

sometimes, you don't even know it was ever there until months after.Ģ. the poison doesn't always hit you like a gunshot. “10 facts about abusive relationships (what i wish i'd known)ġ. When she is not singing or writing, Catarine can be found curled up with a good fantasy novel, wandering the aisles of the local bookstore, or adding a weird décor item she found at the Goodwill to her already too-cluttered apartment.more She is the author of four poetry collections: 'shades of lovers' (2020), 'sometimes i fall asleep thinking about you' (2021), and 'i gave myself the world' (January 2023), all published with Central Avenue Publishing, and 'sprout: selected poems,' self-published in 2022. Over the next 9 years, her platform has grown to an audience of over 300,000.

Having been a bookworm and writer all her life, her passion for poetry began at the age of 13, and shortly afterward, she began sharing her writing online. Aside from music, poetry is her other great love. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Kentucky and is currently earning her Master of Music in Voice degree at Indiana University.

She is the author of four poetry collections: 'shades of lovers' (2020), 'sometimes i fall asleep thinking about you' (2021), and 'i gave myself the world' (January 2023), all published with Central Avenue Publishing, Catarine Hancock is a 23-year-old poet and opera singer from Lexington, Kentucky.

Catarine Hancock is a 23-year-old poet and opera singer from Lexington, Kentucky.

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