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i poured out my heart onto these pagesplease treat it with kindnessas if you would a closest friendfor it is a delicate and fragile thingone stern jab could throw it off balanceand make a mess of everything
a book of poetry
songs of life
Complete collection
trees
as i emerge through the rusty treesand branches of old, heavy and biginto the meadow draped in greenand skies dripping with gleei see myself in the scarlet irisof people past and goneand i think to myselfbe gentle in this breezedo not rush it or destroy your dreamslend a helping hand towards yourselfand lift your soul onto your shouldersso it forever singsof this sweet life and everything it brings
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peace
peace is so elusiveit is made of stardust and abandoned dreamsor perhaps being grounded in the now without releasewith steady breathing and a pretty skywhether it's dark or brightit always offers us a choicewaiting for us to reach outif you let your thoughts flyyou can burn bright and lose sightof the beauty and wonder before youand the sea of crashing waves brewing insidetry to reconcile the twoand it might amaze youto find that we're all the samedeep down we all yearn for lovelove is the very essence of existenceit moves the stars across the galaxyand ships use it to power their sailsyou can hear it in every songand catch a glimpse of it in a beam of lightin your best friend's laughterin a calf's first grazegladiators fight for itand some die to honor it
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purple
cry now and let it all outyour tears fall and cascade like shooting starsbut the moment is too latei have left it all behindobscured by the yellow bramblesand lost in the everchanging grove of memoriesthey bring joy and sorrow alikefor we do not choose the direction of our heartit always finds its own wayand all we can do is sit and obeyplease give me couragei seem to short on that as of latethe purple sky speaks to me nowand i always smile backin an attempt to enjoy the ridei keep fighting backit comes and goes in wavesthis spite and the hazefor when i returnmy heart will be smothered for daysi will fight to keep it that way
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roads
just keep looking through the lensand grab the beam of light by the handride the wave of emotions highuntil you reach the point of no returnthinking about the past and the futurealways chasing the nowit's so hard getting therethese wild thoughts keep up the fightbut I never give up and lash outcreeping inwards ever closerthe way always disappears from underneathand below i find countless othersthe choice is there only to fool usbreaking the cycle forces us to look upwhere there are no roadsonly green-lit leaves and mossand a gentle breezeto exist in this world is a gift indeed
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free
lord, lend me your strengthin order to defeat this siegei sit alone with my thoughtsarms outreachedthe galaxy permeating my soulinto each star i plant a seedone of love and understandingin time they will all sprout a beautiful treeand when their roots reach mei will turn my gaze withinwhere the whirlpool of shadows still turnsif it try to fight it, it screams and hurlssuddenly i spot a tiny withered beam of lightit still faintly shines in the belly of the beastthis time, i am ready to give it love and kindnessfor this is what it truly needsnot swords, anger, and endless greedi will safely guide it back homewhere its heart beats as my owni am now finally free
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darkness
in the darkness i lie alone and face my fearsthe distant red light gently calls my dreamswhile i drift away into a sleepless nighthoping for someone to give me respiteo, wise spirit in the corner of my roomwill you say something to ease my gloom?for thousands of years I've roamed the earthno more than a whisper, a gust of winda sleight of hand, a word misusedin a moonlit pond i find my reflectiononly to look away confusedo, holy spirit that envelopes my soulwhy must i always end up on my own?even though i feel your presence and its glowstill i find myself lower than ever beforeand while my eyes slowly fall to the floori cannot ignore the love that permeates my soulmy heart was forged in it, don’t you know?it dictates my mood and the way i breathei bathe in it and let it wash away my fearsbut i keep wondering–am i too broken to be loved and held dear?
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the lock
i still take the keys out of the lockevery night before i go to bedjust in case you decide to drop byand wake up the magicbe careful not to scare it awayour love is just hiding but it is still therei still take the keys out of the lockevery night before i go to bedjust in case you wanted to slip underthe warm and soft sheetsbetween the pillows and old jokesa spark is being liti still take the keys out of the lockevery night before i go to bedjust in case you missed meand all those slow morningswith me pressed against your backand your neck begging to be kissedi still take the keys out of the lockevery night before i go to bedand i imagine my life with you beside meeven if it is hard and thornyit is still better than the pouring rainlet’s make it shine before it is too late
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echo
under the shadow of the treecarelessly whispering into my earthe echo of your love that once waswashing away my painendlessly into the sea
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ignite
suffering this burden of woe until the end of timethis kingdom of ruin, of misguided hope and dreamsthere is nothing left but to wait and persevereuntil your love ignites my soul, and sets me free
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made of stone
all the splendour of this world will not replacewhat was crumbled by youto still live and to ponderall that could have beenall that i could have donei will never return homeas my heart is now made of stone
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her
grant me her soul and i will grant you untold richesriches that will never shine as bright as her eyesriches that will never sing as loud as her voiceriches that will never outlast her beautyriches that will never be as priceless as her soul
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burden
i seek your reflection in the darknessbut i am met with my hope and desperationhow can i overcome this burdenwhen it also gives me love and lightif i am to survive, i must let gorun away and give up the fightnever to return, never to return
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remember me
all that i am, all that is meonce i am gone and with me all my pain and sorrowwill they think of me?will they remember me?will the roots of my soul reach far down into the bowels of the earthsetting forth a new life, a bright star, cosmic love?or will they wither away with the passing of time?into oblivion, into nothing
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breathe
my reflection is weighed heavily downto be drowned, tired of adventuretired of the ocean, and the storyever so slowly, ever so gentlynot to disturb the waves underneathever fluctuating and ever changingthe bottom will at once revealall that i cherish still lives and breathes
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howl
to carry a broken promiseis the greatest burden of allpermeating your coreinvading your thoughtsthe trust that was given will form a holeit will howl at the moon and devour the sunnothing can stop it in its tracksbesides true love
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to love
to love is to sacrifice, to carry a heavy burdento understand, to compromiseto give space, to set freeto admire, to never falterto respect, to cherishto hear, to be heardto yearn, to burn brightto protect until the end of timeto disappoint, to breathe a sigh of reliefto love is the greatest privilegecheers, love
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secret world
where our bodies ended, our souls touchedthey danced like two drops of rainuntil the morning sun came and swept us awaythe secret world only two can shareinvisible to the naked eyeyet stronger than any forcebinding, coalescing, infinitenow only there to be remembered and yearned
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kinder dreams
as the memories twist and turn so do my sheetsdragging along all that was left behindheavy, unrelenting, and stiffsuch is my tired heartand yet it desires to be gentle and freeit desires heights unknown and kinder dreams
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dog
as lost as a sailor at seaholding his head in his handsthe keel trudging through the engulfing wavesthe dog star nowhere to be foundwhat will guide him home nowother than song and memorythe sweet allure of the spiritsand the hope to lay his eyes upon his dearhe yearns to hold her in his embraceterrified he will never see ither light and warmth reflected in his tired gazeshe will make the rain disappearshe will wash away the painshe will soothe his pangs and mend his broken handsshe will heal his soul, make it whole againand all we have left to do now is pray
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friend
the moments we shared still lingerthe smile in your eyes never fadesi can still feel your loving fingers running across my facei need my friend now more than everto guide me through this stormbecause i cannot do it myself anymoreuntil i find my way i must rely on memories aloneand then come out the other end stronger than before
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desire
sheets soaked with trepidationhands shaking, thoughtsthat drive you to the boneto blame yourselfto live alonemy desire sleeps eternallylike a growing feeling of emptinessthe fading light, our very last touchnow the morning comes like falling silkdo not leave me lying, throw me a bonecome back, give in to my song
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bleeding heart
when we did meeta place devoid of all darknessmy bleeding heart was destroyedin the light cast by your soulwhere the stone cuts the riverand the mirror reveals my shattered thronethe past is a bridge to nowhere at allbeneath the bright blue skyi will find another whole
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weight
when the weight of it all crashes into youlook deep insidewhat you will find might surprise youa love supreme, a new-found kindnessa calm mind, a profound perspectiveit will always pull you forwardtowards the light, but never look backkeep your faith strongand your head up
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faith
sometimes, and only sometimeslife will be kindit will give you what you have longed forfor so longit won't ask for anything in returnbut faith
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boy
when i was a boyi felt an inexplicable longingi felt unconditional love for someonei didn't knowas if there were an invisible threadconnecting usi spent too many years looking for itat some point i forgot about itand buried itbut the moment our lips touchedfor the first timeit all came back to meand i immediately knewwithout any doubtyou were that someone
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dying
last night i woke up from a nightmareunspeakable terrorsi called out your namebut you weren't thereit was utterly hopelessstuck in an endless dark hallway thatforever tightened its grip around mewhen I finally snapped outyou were there like a beacon of lightyou kissed and consoled meand i thoughtis this what it finally felt like to be afraid of dying?
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today
today you leave in a hurryi want to ask you about itbut you're gone too quicklybefore I could make my movetoday you wave goodbyeas you're leaving out the doori want nothing more than to kiss youbut your lips are now too distanttoday you don't tell meabout all the things bothering youi want to hug youbut I cannot reach youtoday i think about what i did wrongand if i hurt youi want to make it rightbut cannot find the words to soothe youtoday i asked the wrong questioni meant no harmi just want to understand you betterbut you don't seem to know thattoday i wonder if i’m too muchi want to be there for youi’m scared of pushing you awaybut i tell myself it’s going to be okay
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punches
the universe keeps throwing its punchesand i take them on the chinone day i’ll find the courageand finally jab itthe universe keeps whispering into my earand i pay attentionone day i’ll find my voiceand shout back at itthe universe keeps sending its messagesand i keep receiving themone day i’ll find the wordsand write a book to spite itthe universe keeps playing its tunesand i listenone day i'll find the right notesand sing a song about itthe universe keeps fumbling its wordsand i stay confusedone day i'll find meaningand i won't second-guess itthe universe keeps being beautifuland i stare in aweone day i'll find the timeand scrawl a poem to celebrate it
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gentle love
i want to give you a gentle loveone that will protect your heartand nurture your soullouden your happinessand never borea love that will be honest and purelike a child laughingit will be your safe haven during a stormand the first ray of light at dawnthe kind of love that understands and listensnever selfish or rudeit will put the wind in your sailsand inspire you to do good
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winter
your smile keeps the bees busyduring the coldest days of wintermaking them believe the sun’s shiningo, how it increases their piningyour voice makes the flowersraise their tired petalsthinking the spring's finally herebut they'll have to wait before their heads can rearyour eyes calm even thethe most fearsome of westerliesturning them mild and meeko, how they hate it when you peekyour touch melts the snowsheltering the undulating hillsof my savage heartigniting an unrelenting spark
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résumé
i don’t want your résuméi’ve seen the person behind those eyesyou’re more than a piece of paperdon’t tell yourself otherwisecount your troubles upput them in a linei’m sure you won’t see the end of ittake them on one at a timei know you’re stressedand just getting byif we do this togetherthe time might just flyi hope to see the world your waywith gentle words I choose to sayto see a soul both kind and barenever-ending thoughts ensue
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letter to past self
sorry for being too hard on youi could never choose the right wordssorry for trying to ruin your hopes and dreamsi never believed in themsorry for judging you too harshlyi didn't think it would affect your moodsorry for not taking care of your bodyi didn't particularly like itsorry for not being there when you needed mei was busy helping otherssorry for not being able to forgive youeven though i forgave everyone elsesorry for not being kindeven though I treated everyone with kindnesssorry it took me so long to love youi am here now, i won't leavelean your head on my shoulder and weepplease tell me about all the things i’ve missed
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poetry
in my mind you became poetryit happened so quickly I couldn't breatheopening my heart to you felt so reali did it without thinkingi was at easei wish I could bend the willof all the stars in the worldto spell your name across the skyto prove to the heavensthat you burn brighterthan all of them combined
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the view
when we're all aloneand you're in awe of the viewi see no reason to look past youyou're always more beautiful, it's true
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everything
when you look at meand i’m at a loss for wordsit's not that i have nothing to sayit would just take me an eternityto say everythingso i stop and breathe in the airand look at you one more timebefore i drift away
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wildest dreams
when you're in my embraceand it feels like homei often forget you're realbecause I couldn't have thought you upin my wildest dreams
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wilderness
i set forth into the unbridled wildernessinto the land of forgotten dreams and broken promiseswill i ever find the way homeor i am doomed to walk this earth alonesuch is the way of lifethe way of the kind soulthe way of the truthful and the merciful
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feet
i hope to stop falling one of these daysit seems like forever at this stagewhy do i always stumbleeven though i try my hardestmaybe one day my feet will reach the groundand i will finally be safe and sound
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mother
i am forever gratefulfor your boundless sacrificefor your river of tears and dedicationand your selfless lovei hope to one day be able to love with such a full heartfor it pulses to the rhythm of life itselfwith blazing passionnever does it miss a beat or forget to be meek
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belong
i am shaken to the corei do not want to lose youand lead a quiet lifewithout your laughteri feel like i belong to youbut you do not belong to me
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misery
i am frozen in my tracksa frightened animalwhat the future holds is a mysteryplease save me from this miserywhy do i so often groaninstead of showing kindness and affectionwhen will i learn how to be a better personbefore i run out of timeand you run out of love
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you
i see you in the smallest blade of grassin the lush leaves of a treei see you in the creek that has run pastthese weathered rocksfor a thousand yearsi see you in the flowers that bloomin each star that hangs in the night skyi see you in the birdsdancing across the horizonin the warm embrace of the suni see you in the coldest depths of winterin the withered petals of apricot trees in falli see you in the blossoming springin the gentle summer breezecaressing the raging seasi see your reflection in each phase of the moonin the fading embers of the day's last embracei see you in the grooves of moss-ridden fallen treesin the smallest grain of sandin every heartbeat, whisper, and dreami see you in a stranger’s random act of kindnessin the lifelong bond between friendsi see you in every passing melody and its refrainat the end and beginning of each poemin between stanzas, choreographies, and stagesi see you on the pages that were never writtenand those that are yet to bei see you in the main spotlightin the far sidelinein the lush verdant greeni see how you move with gracehow your hair compliments your faceyour radiant smile, it never fails to brighten my dayi see how you talk with your eyesi surrender, to no availi see how you sigh when no one is lookingand how you nod to yourselfas if to say–it’s going to be okayi see how you laugh, bold and brightwith you by my side, i’ll never give up the fighti see how you bare your soul to mein the middle of the nightthe silhouette of your faceso defined, and yet concealedits mystery is gently revealedi see you riding your bike, proud and freethe way you cross the street, like poetryi see you dancing across the room, with childlike wonder and gleeand when you close your eyesi think to myself, what could it possibly be?i see how time stops when we are togetherand how the space between us stretches thini see supermassive black holes colliding while we kissand whole galaxies pirouetting around us, stumblingwhen we fall in each other’s arms, pure blissi see your kind heart, with its delicate cracksa boundless landscape that shapes your soulnot a single change would i impart, for you are a work of artbecause i see you, for youand nothing can ever change that
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ljubav
ljubav je kao vatromet koji čujem ali ne vidima svaka pojedinačna ćelija u mom teluzove tetraži teide prema tebicelo moje bićevuče se kroz univerzum kako bi te pronašloa ti si još uvek tu, samo postojišsamo po koja uspomenai lep trenutaka ja zaostajemi tražim putnazad na čistinui svetlucavu pučinu