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Previous skins
Five years ago flew by
Now, already remote
The rolling of the years
They’re already afloat
Your past self
Already a ghost
When you stand still
You begin to grieve your previous skins
Wonder why you had to forget and kill
Old personalities just to multiply new
So, you cling on to specific moments
Promise not to forget, you never will
But it is not uniqu...
Wednesday 4th September 2024 10:51 am
A Bright Day Will Come Soon
I beg you to watch the dawn,
To watch the dawn kissing the moon,
To see if the night has already gone,
And a bright day appears soon.
Just watch, how his eyes are sad,
How mother's heart pains,
How the child sleeps in bed,
How the leaf on a tree remains.
I beg you to watch the man,
Who is tired and walks blindly.
You do what you can for him,
And he wi...
Thursday 29th August 2024 7:08 pm
here and gone
i want to be forgotten.
i want the last time
someone utters my name
to be on the first day
of spring.
i want the world to
get acquainted with
a life without my love
and then
i want it to cry
because
it really was
better with me in it
Thursday 29th August 2024 4:25 pm
Marry or Divorce
If your shirt has no button
and your trousers are roughened,
if your jacket is so crushed
and your carpet needs a brush,
if you can’t find a clotheshorse
and all the time just, curse
There is only one way out:
to marry or divorce.
Larisa Rzhepishevska
Sunday 25th August 2024 2:59 pm
Life.
Life.
Every day.
Is one day closer
to you
not being anymore.
Being alive
unsure
questioning
doubting.
Nothing is ultimate
besides
this
exact
moment.
You can never go back
you can wish for it
everyday
but you can’t
and you never will.
Tuesday 20th August 2024 4:28 pm
Eyes on Me
I don’t want to be seen
I don’t want to be perceived
I wish I could go anywhere and be invisible.
People are everywhere
Eyes are everywhere
They’re all living their own lives but why do I feel as though mine is being watched?
As though they’re looking for a mistake in me
Is my hair messy?
Is my outfit mismatched?
Do I walk wei...
Monday 19th August 2024 11:30 am
A talk between a young lass and an old woman
A young lass and an old woman had a talk.
A young lass confessed with confidence,
You are too old a long distance to walk,
Your legs and your breath are the evidence.
An old woman answered with a smile:
Let's wait for a while and we'll see,
Years fly and you'll have a different style.
You don't look like working as a bee.
The young lass said: I am still b...
Saturday 10th August 2024 4:59 am
The Sorrow of All Jews is in Your Eyes
Forgive me, God, for being so naughty,
I didn't listen to what my mum used to say.
She used to say: You are already forty,
Time to be smart and walk your way.
You didn't go to the chess club,
You had no abilities for ballet,
You were seen in the Irish pub,
You only have questions of volley.
You didn't complete your education,
You've lost a passion to stu...
Sunday 4th August 2024 8:41 am
A Moment Between the Past And the Future
All is so ghostly in our lives and not all is mature.
There is only a moment between the past and the future.
So, hold it with both hands and don't let it go.
And this moment is called life, and it’s not a show.
The heart won't be pleased with an eternal peace,
An eternal peace is only for the grave,
And the star that falls and breaks into pieces
It is only a blind...
Tuesday 23rd July 2024 1:44 pm
A New Start is Ahead
Believe me, girl, all will be okay.
All wounds will be treated,
All grief and mistakes will go away.
The people's sins won't stay.
So, you are trying again
The things someone tried before.
Your wounded heart terribly pains,
And you surely close the door.
But remember! If the soul is kind,
It's not closed, ready to accept guests,
Your heart is not blind,
And trust in joyful fe...
Sunday 14th July 2024 6:48 am
I AM AN ACTRESS
I cry and you hear me laughing,
I am angry and you see me smiling,
I tell you the truth and you don’t believe,
I make mistakes and you do not forgive,
I am so weak and you say I am strong,
I am right and you say I am wrong,
I look at your eyes and you look at the floor,
Friday 12th July 2024 11:13 am
I'VE LEARNED
I’ve learned to understand that…
A prohibitive degree of inner freedom –
Not a caprice but a strain.
Up to the end, it will remain!
I’ve learned to understand that….
The tales we dream up
We write out of our heads.
And…. we should cherish that!
I’ve learned to break up the rules,
So that no one should be hurt.
Using my tools,
I would like to avoid the dir...
Thursday 4th July 2024 6:51 am
The Petrel and the Penguin
The proud petrel
with a strong mettle
flew over the sea.
Throwing his litter on the rocks
he watched the clumsy penguin’s walks.
The stupid penguin looked at the sky.
How much he wished to fly!
He had heard
he was also a bird.
If he could fly
he would proudly throw his litter
from the bird’s eye.
The moral of this song:
Remember to what kind of bir...
Friday 28th June 2024 8:56 am
The Sky is Crying With Heavy Rain
I address our Lord with a prayer.
Get us free of any evil and a liar.
Let me have enough food and bread,
So that my children could be fed.
Let the hearts of my family and friends
Never know any hurts and pains.
Keep them away from dirty hands,
And welcome the miracle of mains.
The sky is crying with heavy rain,
We have forgotten how to live.
Profit has bec...
Tuesday 18th June 2024 9:41 am
On the Border of Heaven and Hell
On the border of heaven and hell
I live quite well playing the bell.
I lived like this a long time ago.
Though my soul doesn’t know the word NO.
I live a simple and ordinary life,
I sometimes love, and sometimes I strife.
But one day I’ll come to you like an actor,
For you to recognize yourself.
While my heart wounds subside
The horrible dramas preside.
It h...
Saturday 15th June 2024 8:40 pm
Filter of perception
The way I see the world
Maybe be different from someone else
The reality i perceive
Depends on myself
My beliefs and dreams
May chance my perception
My story and my experiences
May cause a deception
The reality may be real
The reality may be objective
But what I'm able to see
May very well be subjective
It doesn't matter if i saw
A mountain or...
Sunday 9th June 2024 7:16 pm
Dream
Dream
In silence, I tread my soul's dusky paths.
If only I could meet her there, tonight,
In her eyes find a guiding light.
In silence, I hear the fleeting hours of my day.
If only I could bear her pain, make it mine,
Heal our wounds with love's twine.
In silence, I see her beauty sing and shine.
If only I could make her heart dream,
To sail together down...
Friday 31st May 2024 12:19 am
Unseen
Unseen
Unseen, I walk the same lone trail, day after day.
Unheard, I murmur the same stilted words, time after time.
Forgotten, I wear the same faceless mask, loss after loss.
Voiceless, I blandish my soul, the same lullaby, night after night.
"Tomorrow...", "Next life...", "Another me...".
Faint echoes, a plea, for what I could be.
If only those whispers could lull me ...
Friday 31st May 2024 12:12 am
Today, on the 27th of May, I proclaim Larisa Rzhepishevska Day. Hurray!
Acacia blooms in a city park,
The song of joy sings the lark.
From the very early morning
my phone is buzzing with calls,
I answer them all today.
Without any delay, I say:
More than that: my computer is hanging
sprinkling me with messages and SMS
My mailbox is groaning because of the loading
but it’s ok for today,
Somehow my electronic friend will survive
giving me a d...
Monday 27th May 2024 4:59 am
I Still Believe in Good Deeds
I still believe in good deeds,
This probably can't be treated.
My soul only beauty feeds,
By the Sun and Love heated.
I still believe in good deeds,
But values are different.
Someone is happy in good seeds,
Other admires his wife as a variant.
Some are happy to have a new phone,
Others care about their cat and dog.
Love and Kindness were left alone,
T...
Saturday 25th May 2024 8:03 am
Poem: Summer..
The scorching heat of Sun,
children playing in ponds and having fun.
The temperature may rise,
and if you are enjoying it.
You are also wise.
That is Summer!
The feel of blowing wind,
And because of the sweat,
our bodies get thinned.
and my sister’s flying hair.
And if we go out too much,
our skin gets dark from fair.
That is Summer!
In deserts it i...
Thursday 23rd May 2024 10:55 am
There will be Again the Sunshine
You are running ahead
instead of thinking where.
Your heart is beating at a crazy speed,
it has its flair.
You are swallowing salty drops of tears,
You do not hear the jeers,
You do not feel the rain
But only the unfair pain.
Hurts tear your soul apart.
Who cares about your broken heart?
You want to scream, even to roar,
You can’t stand this pain anymore.
You want to smash all on...
Wednesday 22nd May 2024 8:29 am
I Didn’t Want To Speak Out Loud
Whether peace or trouble is talked about,
They didn’t want me to speak out loud.
The sadness settled in my heart.
But I happened to be a hard nut.
I was kind, not mind to some well-known guys.
Up to that moment, I could all realize.
It’s so convenient when your heart is opened.
I opened my eyes and saw the value of lies.
Besides, I saw so much light around,
Blu...
Sunday 19th May 2024 1:50 pm
New Life
Seemingly worn out
Arborially toiling
Await season's turn
Breath uncoiling.
Gracious in patience
Strength is growing
Earthly worthiness
Soon to be sowing.
Creating new life
Healing with feeling
Gradually building
Everywhere healing.
Spreading branches
Sprouting leaves
Flowi...
Wednesday 1st May 2024 8:29 am
Phoenicurus
how do you know
you’re a phoenix
when you’re born from ashes?
naked and fragile
fallen out of the sky
into a grey abyss
without the memory
of what you are
closer to death than life
what is left
when you’ve left
your past behind?
when your identity
has been plugged from you
like your feathers
nothing
nothing but silence
and darkness
only a spark
beyond the realm ...
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 6:29 pm
Flat Packed
It came all wrapped in cardboard
I got it in with a violent tug
She says, I'm sure you'll have it built and left me with a hug
It opened like Pandora box, pieces spread around the floor
I knew I'd have to borrow tools, from Fred at number thirty four
There's two number ones, screws and dowels in many little packets
She measured the space and ordered it, God I better hope it fits?
A degree ...
Sunday 21st April 2024 1:53 pm
FAMILY
Be not a leaf
falling from a tree
Be a branch...
part of the trunk
with roots
to ground you.
By Lynn Hahn
Thursday 18th April 2024 6:15 pm
The Fields Of Avalon
(Part 1)
I remember you saying
Back when we were young
That sometimes you felt
Like a song left unsung
That reality was fake:
Our dreams held the key
And there lay the truth
Of how life should be
You were the princess
And I, the dashing knight
who saved you from the monsters
And a pit of endless plight
Down to the woods I'd go:
A ...
Tuesday 16th April 2024 1:55 pm
Life Stories
Is your life story a happy one?
Is it blissful and uplifting?
Or do you find yourself with no direction?
And always seem to be drifting?
Does your life story have some purpose?
Or are you just going through the motions?
Do you understand your heart and mind?
Or are you confused by your emotions?
Is your life story one of great success?
Or have you lost your zest and zeal?
Do you live...
Wednesday 10th April 2024 4:40 pm
Eternal Field
I one time dreamed a dream wherein I walked within an open field,
where every step a memory was, and every breath was poignant filled.
I saw each day I ever lived, they all bled slowly into one.
Each opportunity to give now stood a moment left undone.
I saw each thing I ever owned and tried so hard to justify,
but every effort woeful fell and I was left to wonder why.
...
Sunday 7th April 2024 5:14 pm
Gone Girl
I collect up the pieces of my former life
Photos, articles, trinkets and pictures,
that reverberate with a life once lived,
far away from where I am now.
I was once a borderline, edging death.
A cathartic catchpole where I caught nothing but pain.
Grazing on the remnants of the past, I realise
that I was set up to fail.
No one there to see the beating heart of kindness.
...Wednesday 27th March 2024 6:52 pm
Piñata Earth
Mother nature painted you by hand
Blue swirls traced along your land
A wonderous heaven lost to nature
May you still yet hopefully have a future?
You sway innocently in a dead void
Whille your cost of living is toiled
The aliens still infect you
Spewing out the innocence that held you
You are a blue green marble
A child's tale, a cherished fable
But waiting ...
Wednesday 20th March 2024 3:08 pm
The Grind
I must have wished a thousand times
that somehow we could live our lives
for something more.
And I can’t help but wonder why
we strive to keep so much in line,
what is it for?
Can’t you see we spend our time
building what we call “The Grind”,
finding ways to numb the pain it causes.
Blind leading the blind.
Can’t you see we spend our time
building what we call “The Grind”.
What...
Friday 15th March 2024 9:44 pm
The Braithwaite Boy
I knew the Braithwaite boy at school;
I knew him when he started work.
He bagged fruit at the market stall:
Quite slow, but never one to shirk.
His parents lived beside the park;
They were the type to put on airs.
They saw him as an office clerk
Or in the city selling shares.
But he was quiet, often teased,
And ready to accept his place;
The customers seemed...
Tuesday 12th March 2024 4:51 pm
In The Middle
In the middle of life there’s a moment of still.
Reminiscing, regretting, “Is there point in it all?”
Looking out in both ways from the top of the hill
as I tumble and shrink to an infinite small.
For I know forever has no end of days,
it leaves me to contemplate just who I am?
And I know that size never ends in both ways,
when you sit in infinity, is there a plan
...
Saturday 24th February 2024 7:42 pm
No Regret
You can buy land and home
across this world made of stone,
gathering more into barns than the rest.
You can travel and see
every sight there may be
under Heaven from East to the West.
You can spend every day
finding more ways to pay,
grabbing all you can possibly get.
But remember there’s something
worth far more than these…
to die without any...
Saturday 24th February 2024 1:34 am
Destiny
The rock
The rock on a high coast, on which I leant.
Your love, as strong as the rock.
We were
children,
we held eternity blindly; we reached
for a meaning that was greater than life:
destiny.
Destiny - word of fools.
Your eye and mine:
they saw
only a hazed horizon.
Illusion.
Endless line before endless line
losing time to d...
Thursday 22nd February 2024 10:10 am
The Question
Depression and heartache and yearning -
common throughout all the years,
general amongst all the masses,
driven by so many fears.
It’s truly the struggle of ages,
despite born of mansion or cave.
Is life the thing that you’re living,
or is it life that you crave?
It's tied to a question so simple -
just what do you live your life for?
Do you live to live in ...
Wednesday 21st February 2024 3:09 am
New Day
Have you ever come to the end of the day,
and can run the clock back play by play,
and can add it up that supposedly
it was the day it was suppose to be,
but somehow it seems that no time has gone
like a broken record playing on and on,
and you think back through all the things you’ve done -
every day every deed bleeding into one,
and you can’t help but feel just a little ...
Monday 19th February 2024 2:22 am
Today my friend buries her mother
Today my friend buries her mother in a coffin she has painted by hand. Today my friend's father tells her that she has taken on too much responsibility in the matter. She tells me he made her feel like she did not have a choice. Today I will get my hair cut. Today by mid day my friend will have buried her mother. My friend is only twenty four. Her daughter is two. I ask my friend how she has been ...
Tuesday 30th January 2024 8:45 am
Sorrow's Bounty
In a world of plenty, where joy should reign,
A soul wanders lost, drowning in pain.
He has it all, or so it seems,
Yet inside, he's adrift in shattered dreams.
Possessions many, but feelings in drought,
Tears concealed, smiles worn throughout.
Once in a while, breaks down unseen,
In the quiet ache, where joy's been.
Everything's there, yet nothing to hold,
A ...
Friday 19th January 2024 5:35 pm
Heaven Is Raining Down On Me (It Burns, Gods, It Burns)
Cradled in the arms of my mother,
I sway softly to the beat of the sea.
Enjoying the peaceful scenery.
As I lay flat on my back,
wood groaning under the weight of me,
With my eyes directed
to that heavenly scene above me.
Smile lines dancing on my plump cheeks.
When suddenly the song of the sea
turns into a nausea inducing melody.
The gentle hands that used to ...
Tuesday 2nd January 2024 12:23 pm
Muddy
Sitting on a bench,
In a muddle,
My feet in a puddle,
Not noticing
The mud on my shoes,
Just the mud in my mind.
The plaque on the seat,
Reminder of someone passed,
Loved long after their departure,
A life lived and lost,
But remembered forever,
On the bench where I sit
With my muddy shoes,
And muddy min...
Tuesday 2nd January 2024 10:50 am
A Midwinter Daydream
Some days I like to wander free
Let reality's harsh light dim
In hope I'll find new things to see
New worlds to hide within
I wander down forgotten paths
Now overgrown with thistle
And find a draughty little nook
Where the fair wind likes to whistle
I came upon a cottage somewhere
Or, perhaps, I was at rest?
Outside, an old woman stood
In ragged...
Monday 1st January 2024 12:23 pm
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