POEMS - A TO E
A Friend
In the sky... Don’t know what it is; a peaceful feeling A slow soothing voice, easy-flowing talk Moon and stars... I can’t quite define it, and don’t dare to try The world feels fine, in balance, on track Under the sun... Everything falls in, just right, just so No effort or pain, no struggle, no shame To the wind... I can almost see; but it doesn’t matter We’re here and now, no reason or cause In the waves... It’s deeper in me than those I have touched And with no effort, it just means so much Like a breeze... So simple, so true, it means what it is To be open and free, no need for control Over the mountain... Less than I wanted, more than expected Much more fulfilling than ever before On the sands... The quiet knowledge that in a previous Or next life, maybe, we are here as one ©2002 Gisele Marasca 06/08/02 ============================================================= A Little Heart This perfect little heart Reflects the Universe Contains all the secrets of life, of love This strong little heart Can unfold in immeasurable waves of joy Carrying away all the pain, the doubts This hopeful little heart Has so much to give And awaits, beating on and away Someone who knows he deserves it Who’s not afraid to claim it all ©2004 Gisele Marasca 12/11/04 ============================================================= A Love A love so lasting, transcending life A love so simple, embracing all complexities A love so strong, defying natural laws So pure a love, reflecting eternal light A love so giving, it needs nothing A love so knowing, words are meaningless A love so complete, it begins where it ends A love so truthful, it believes without proof A love such as this, so lasting, so simple So strong, pure and giving Knowing, complete and true A love such as this, I am keeping for you ©2002 Gisele Marasca 10/30/02 ============================================================= A Man A wise man Who will find me And will see me perfect In my imperfection A tender man Who will respect me Nurture me Without suffocating me A loyal man Who will seek me as his first prize His pot of gold Not take me as consolation A gentle man Who will know how to woo me Soothe me, fulfill me An intelligent man Who will want to know everything about me And teach me all of himself A humorous man So that we can laugh at life together A mature man Who can appreciate the maturity in me, see all that is good in me And who will never want to let it go A strong man Who won’t feel frightened of my mind, of my heart And will have no fear of being challenged A passionate man Who will lose himself in me Over and over As he is born again A whole man Who will share himself with me In complete abandonment And take all of me In complete trust Always A Man ©2004 Gisele Marasca 07/06/04 ============================================================= A True Man While others just circumvent, Never daring to come too close Afraid of losing themselves, Of not finding their way, You came, and sailed right in, Stepping down upon the shore; Sure pace on the uneven sand, As you walked straight to me And took your rightful place; No storms, no cliffs or mounds Would ever have detained you, For a true man makes his fate ©2002 Gisele Marasca 07/22/02 ============================================================= A Wish (for M.) My wish, That you can feel your own incandescent light as clearly as you see mine That you soar higher than you ever believed you would That you unbind yourself from self-imposed limitations Fears That you break free to dream again To be again My wish, That you allow challenges to meet you, Choices to beckon you, New paths to unfold before you That you realize the potential, power, promise in you My wish, That your world mirrors your infinite beauty That you love And are always loved, and loved, and loved We have met before; and my wish is That some day, some time, some life We will meet again ©2004 Gisele Marasca 03/22/04 ============================================================= Adeus * (To Ron Cross) A voice that will not be heard A soul that will shine elsewhere A presence that will always be felt Adeus, my friend, adeus A thought, a praise, a poem A heart, a talent, a passion The truest path to follow Adeus, good friend, adeus A void that cannot be filled Sorrow that will always remain The memories I won’t let fade Adeus, dear friend Adeus ©2002 Gisele Marasca 08/21/02 * "Adeus" means "good-bye" or "farewell" in Portuguese ============================================================= Again I love I burn again Yes, I can yearn again I feel so young again I hope and dream again I finally live again I am myself again And life is good Again ©2001 Gisele Marasca 02/19/01 ============================================================= All That Is Left Pain All that is left I turn around And feel it again Such sorrow Never ending Always present Always reminding me Of what I am missing Of what I did wrong Of what I let die So much hurt Constantly with me I keep looking For somewhere to go There’s nowhere to hide No one else to be But me In pain ©2001 02/06/01 Gisele Marasca ============================================================= Almost Do you hear The sound of a tear? That’s me Beaten Defeated Feeling ancient Out of time Out of place Obsolete Helpless, hopeless, weightless Aimlessly floating Amid strange faces Cold hearts Cruel fates Hoping for the most I was given the least Which was less than nothing But I can still dream... ©2001 02/06/01 Gisele Marasca ============================================================= Another One Bites the Dust Another beautiful woodland gone Yet another, and another Every time I pass by Life disrupted, interrupted Terminated in the process Living beings ignored, Calling out in fear, distress Mostly to deaf ears All that short-term destruction With grave long-term effects Leading to final consequences, To the unavoidable end I cry for them and for us Everything feels so flawed I don’t know how to make it right I’m part of the same system I also built my new home In that neighborhood that now stands On the concrete graveyard Of once-thriving, long-gone life And I continue existing As if it hadn’t happened again As if it mattered no more ©2023 Gisele Marasca 06/11/23 ============================================================= Awaken (Inspired by and co-authored with Larry Witzleben) The fog lifts And there you are In you I am Awakening to a dream I didn't know I was Dreaming The fog lifts And there you see me As I see you Opening to Life, to Love To the fullness of Being Unchained The fog lifts And there is Light Shaping our Bodies Filling our Minds Joining our Souls Weightless The fog lifts And there we meet There we cry, we laugh We are reborn from the ashes As we re-create the Universe Endlessly ©2006 Gisele Marasca 07/20/06 Vertical Divider
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Away
Sometimes when our minds meet, Our bodies touch And our souls claim each other in the night It seems impossible that we could be so far And yet I feel the abysmal distance Growing at a steady pace between us In our longing for balance We keep tipping the scale And move farther from the center For just as our emotions soar, Answers become illusive, confusion reigns, Our beliefs clash And our paths intersect, never to merge again ©2003 Gisele Marasca 02/09/03 ============================================================= Baby Little heart Beating inside Out Little fingers Grasping our Hearts Little feet Running with Joy Little soul Bringing big Dreams Little life Changing all Rules Little angel Softly singing Love Little thing Meaning so Much ©2006 Gisele Marasca 06/25/06 ============================================================= Believe with Me Who cares what is or isn't What matters, and in what order What it means, where it goes Who said what about that or the other Who knows who started all this And who will finish it all Who knows what's right or wrong And who dropped the ball Who came first, who was last Or what is supposed to be We can still recreate the world If only you believe with me ©2007 Gisele Marasca 12/17/07 ============================================================= Brief Love For a brief moment in time You made me think I was special You made me feel so wanted You made me believe in life You made it seem so real For a brief moment in time I was able to fly above myself I was willing to dive into your soul I was sure I could love again I was hoping it would never end For a brief moment in time We were alone in our own paradise We were in love with falling in love We were so innocent and open We were so perfect together But a brief moment in time Is still nothing more than that A moment A short, single, fleeting, Insignificant, Ever so brief Moment ©2001 Gisele Marasca 01/04/01 ============================================================= Broken Shreds, strips, slivers, Fragments Coming and going Not getting there Not getting anywhere Portions, halves, quarters Rests, leftovers Scraps Parts and particles Bits and pieces Not belonging here Not belonging there Not belonging anywhere Incomplete Scraps of friendship Shreds of decency Fragments of memories Bits and pieces of a life Shared together But so apart Incomplete ©2000 Gisele Marasca ============================================================= Come to Me Come out now Out of your hiding place Enough of this hide-and-seek We are too old to play Come clean With your feelings Even if that means Coming apart Come true Any way you can Any way you want to Good or bad Come back Any way you will Any way you must Come in Come close to me Let me see you Let me love you Love me or lose me Just come No more explanations No more excuses Come around Please understand No second turns allowed Come forward Don’t be afraid Don’t stay behind Wake up, come to life See what you’ve been missing Take a chance Before it’s too late We came a long way But it has come to that Come to terms with the past Come to grips with reality Come to your senses and Come through for us Come to me Before I’m gone ©2000 Gisele Marasca ============================================================= “D” Day It’s done now It’s over with All those fears And all the tears Throughout the years Recollected The passion long gone So much longing Never belonging Feeling alone It’s done now Simply, surely Completely gone now ©2001 Gisele Marasca 07/22/01 ============================================================= Dark Angel Dark angel, Why are you here? Fallen from life, Fallen from love, What do you fear? Dark angel, Why don’t you want to see? Believe in God above We all need faith to love With doubt, we can’t be free Dark angel, Why don’t you understand? No one suffers in vain You have to pay the price And bear your share of pain Dark angel, You need to walk blind Believing in what you’ll find There is no guarantee Not for you, not for me ©2002 Gisele Marasca 01/04/02 ============================================================= Dark Moment Sometimes I wish I were stronger and I knew just what to do, Sometimes I wish life were easier or I could be at ease with life. Sometimes I wish I could bear all the hipocrisy, the lies, The suffering around me and the anguish inside. Sometimes, I wonder how to survive this torture, pretending, concealing, Playing the game, longing for love, dreaming in vain, Flying so high, just to fall harder, One moment of peace, an eternity of despair... Sometimes... Oh, sometimes... Sometimes all I wish is that I could survive The agony of being me. ©2000 Gisele Marasca ============================================================= Death In Depths Unknown Hope sinks Fear, dread Counting down Panic, terror Too late Much too soon Time is near One moment, here Now gone Only death In depths unknown ©2023 Gisele Marasca 06/24/23 ============================================================= Disconnection You touch me But can you see? Do you feel it, Or would you care Even if you did? What do you get from this, Does it matter to you? Should it not matter to me? At night all bodies are gray All voices are silenced No dream ever remains No real impression On my soul, in your life; Just another disconnection ©2001 Gisele Marasca 04/02/01 ============================================================= Don’t Love Me Please don’t hurt me as before No more promises you can’t keep The pain has already gone too deep Just don’t love me anymore No more room in me to store All the vows you will soon break This is all that I can take No, don’t love me anymore Don’t come knocking at my door Spare me another explanation There is no justification Just don’t love me anymore Lying in bed, my thoughts soar I long for tantalizing emotions Dreams and fantasies, not old notions Please don’t touch me anymore The truth has reached my core The spell has long been broken All the words have been spoken Please don’t love me anymore It’s time to settle the score Cope with the realization Of total dismystification Just don’t love me anymore The boat has finally come ashore Won’t you please just set me free Now it’s time for me to be So please... don’t love me anymore ©2000 Gisele Marasca |