Sparks, Alandra Ossenberg (pseud.) [read novels website txt] 📗
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The day is dark and full of questions;
the night is bright and full of hope;
a smile - it stirs amongst the shadows;
a tear - it stains a joke.
So few have lived to see the end
of a beginning full of doubt
when options were but nightmares,
not worth to dream about.
The day - an echo of the past;
the night - a kiss for what’s ahead;
a song unsung for future lovers;
a tree’s leaf coloured red.
So few find peace amongst the shadows
and grow a plant in barren soil;
so few set out with tears of wrath
to end with tears of joy.
But we, my dear, we persevered
though, yes, the way was dark;
you made me see a path - and me?
I was your morning lark.
CHANGING LIMITS
Where are the whitewashed walls
that segregated rocky thoughts?
What happened to the barrier
that kept my doubts apart?
Some kind of fog has covered
my feelings’ demarcations;
a fog,grey no man’s land for knowledge,
a darkness bright
that blinds the inward eye,
and veils a brooding place
for secrets of the soul.
I wonder what will come of this –if borderlines
are being changed,
and if the fog
will disappear in time.
Some silhouettes
may pierce the mist –
at least from time to time;
they are but premonitions
of future insecurity,
of swaying hearts
and gates wide open,
of colours mingling on a plain.
But then again, old kingdom…
the whitewashed walls –
they had been crumbling
for quite a while already,
and the fog
just seems to be
a shaky, hesitating hand
that is about
to draw new maps.
There’s probably
rich soil for thoughts
behind the barriers that I knew.
One step,
and then the next
into a new-born realm.
Finally, the fog is lifting.
How curious I am!
And see!
A brick road lies ahead.
THE BURSTING OF A DAM
Hoping hopelessly
There's nothing else
But the search of hands
In the night
Water-shivers
In the light of the headlamps
In the echo of smacking sand
The bodies sweating rivulets
Mist rising from the mouths
Nothing against
The humid breath of nature
The sky washy
At the crack of dawn
There are no clouds left
For castles in the air -
But there still are
The hands
MUSINGSAs children
we believed in honour;
we heard our fathers’ tales
of just and noble fights;
however,
they turned out
to be lies and mockery,
or maybe self-delusions.
Our eyes
saw harsh reality,
saw death and sorrow flourish.
We were so young –
no wonder
our skins and souls
were scarred forever.
We tried to talk
and yet, we couldn’t.
Our minds were worlds apart
and clad in armour
to survive
one more hour,
one more day.
We tried to support each other
in the face of blood and pain.
Still, we felt helpless
for we could do so little.
Our touches?
Insignificant –
or so we thought…
until a battle tore us
from each other’s side.
They told me
you were lost, or dead,
and now,
I’m in a place to heal –
a place I did not choose.
What shall I say?
You are alive
in vivid dreams
and memories.
Your voice,
your words, so precious,
I hear them now
as if you were
right next to me
all of a sudden.
The human mind –
a mystery.
You’re gone
like so many others,
and yet…
why do you feel so close?
So close?
INTUITIONIt is Intuition that lives
beetle-like amongst the thoughts,
with dots of the subconscious
on her iridescent back.
While she has a stocky stature
and a heart of deeper knowledge
her descendants take a different shape:
They are mountains in the plain.
Once in a while,
the Intuition-beetle takes off
and flies through the mind,
lends wings to ideas
and turns into the midwife
of mankind’s brilliancy.
She is a spontaneous guide –
despite- the fog of dreams,
crawling in the labyrinth of life.
THANKFULI don’t need gratitude
that is hollered out
into the world
no thanks
that reverberate
in a dark den
no need for extra headaches
What makes me happy
is your smile
the sparkle in your eyes
your awareness
that you’ve grown
When I see you
warm and lively
I’m warm and lively, too
And you can believe me
I’m grateful myself:
for your inner light
that helps me see
that helps me pick my way
in the darkness
THE WORLDIt’s a world where love lies hidden
and emotions and truth are forbidden.
It’s a world full of jealousy
and lacking or abundant individuality.
Being richer, poorer, better, worse
is the world’s daily merciless curse.
It’s a world where nobody is free,
a world from which no-one can flee.
These facts must entail
the bleak life of jail.
It’s a rotten, lost society
with lacking or abundant individuality.
Is it our future?
THE ELVES’ SONGOnce upon a time
the elves had a new song
and the girl Nadjala
listened to them so long.
“Follow us into the air!
Follow us along the stream!
You will see another land
like a golden dream.”
The little girl Nadjala
had a romantic heart
and the elves’ song
hit her like a dart.
“Follow us into the air!
Follow us along the stream!
You will see another land
like a golden dream.”
The little girl Nadjala
was enchanted and was lost,
was scattered like a fading leaf,
a little nothing, tempest-tossed.
“ Follow us into the air!
Follow us along the stream!
We are your stealthy guides.
You will run out of steam.”
Nadjala turned into a ghost,
the song into eternity,
the elves completely disappeared,
dissolved into simplicity.
“Follow us into the air!
Follow us along the stream!
We’ll lead you into nothingness,
being nothing but a dream.”
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