Garden of Hollow Serpents

Time has passed fast,

Yet it kept me awake

Constantly living that moment,

That spark of eternity,

That ray of glowing sunshine,

Luminous and delightful as the bluebell

Photographed by a pair of big, earthy eyes,

Kept alive on the surface of my retina,

Along neuronal pathways,

Planted like a sunflower seed

Deep inside my consciousness,

Flourishing and thriving,

Sweet as a lavender mousse.

So if the memory of our first encounter

Is delicate as a jasmine flower,

Or mesmerising as a sunset hibiscus,

You, my beloved, are the Rose of Venus

As Aphrodite dances around Gaia,

Leaving traces of red jasper petals,

Keeping us on the path to greater love-

So do you.

As the pure ones walk through the Garden of Eden,

Or as Iris brings the majestic rainbow

As a messenger of the gods,

Growing straight along its path to wisdom,

Bringing strength and boldness

To those who are blessed enough to see

So do you.

Dear gentle reader,

Beneath the pale moonlight,

I have entered your dreams

and whispered softly

the legend of soul ties.

Slowly, you step beside me.

Hungry eyes gather in the distance.

The reality swallowing us whole

is nothing but a forgotten battlefield.

Your razor-sharp gaze is captured.

There, among dozens of rotting corpses,

stand two figures suspended in silence,

like the final pillars of a fallen temple.

The first— a broken priest.

Wounded, endlessly praying,

his trembling hands, his crooked fingers,

still searching for a fragment of mercy.

The second— a gentle demon.

Waves of warmth orbit around her.

Her sapphire eyes remain fixed upon the horizon,

calmly gazing into the endless dark.

You see them, don't you?

Remain still.

Obedience is the key.

Watch closely,

for what you are about to witness

will unsettle the deepest parts of your soul.

She senses the priest's sorrow

rising above the dead surrounding him.

His misery speaks louder than words.

"Take my hand," she whispers.

"Drink from my waters.

You have exhausted your strength

for far too long."

"My fair lady... my endless cup of hope...

How could a poor soul like mine

ever deserve to reach you?"

Like distant constellations,

their paths collide.

He drinks fiercely from the source of her light,

while she willingly holds him close,

believing compassion alone

can heal what time could not.

"How can this be?

Have I become blind

or simply mad?"

"Silence.

Ask yourself what you're truly seeing.

The truth stands before us.

It is only hidden

from those unwilling to look."

What feels like thousands of years pass.

The priest and the demon

begin studying one another.

One— cold as forged steel,

calculating,

entirely ruled by the mind.

The other— guided by razor-sharp intuition,

profound empathy,

and quiet emotional wisdom.

Again and again,

the priest manipulates, betrays, wounds,

engraving new scars into her soul.

Again and again,

the demon forgives.

Once. Twice.

Until—

something clicks.

The pattern reveals itself.

The spell dissolves.

She stands perfectly still,

frozen in time, calculating,

without anger, without reaction.

Holding every advantage,

she prepares her departure

in absolute silence.

She could have struck him down.

She could have carved wounds

deeper than those he had ever known.

But she finally understands.

This is no wounded soul.

This is a predator.

Her sapphire eyes become crystal clear.

And then—

she goes supernova.

The script shatters.

The roles reverse.

For the first time,

the priest chokes on fear.

He was clever.

Subtle as a serpent.

Yet painfully predictable.

She had always seen beyond the mask.

She understood him

better than he understood himself.

For the depth of her empathy

could only exist

because it mirrored

the depth of her own darkness.

And his downfall

would become far worse than hell.

"He searched for golden nectar,

yet stumbled upon an unknown creature."

The dead begin to vanish,

laughing into the wind.

The battlefield collapses

into an endless abyss,

opening its ancient mouth.

"Poor little priest...

At last,

you have shaken hands

with your karmic mirror."

He never touched you.

Yet you linger in him

like the scent of damask rose in forgotten temples,

or the shadow of lotus petals

pressed between the pages of a life unlived.

You weren't given,

nor claimed,

but you remain

as Persephone remains between two worlds,

half spring, half surrender.

He sees you

in the gold-threaded robes of Isis,

mother of the hidden,

protector of what cannot be possessed.

You, soft as jasmine at dusk,

yet dangerous as the bloom of belladonna,

a beauty he could never hold

without trembling.

His logic is iron.

His mind, a fortress.

Yet inside,

you bloom like Freyja's garden in Asgard

wild, untamed,

known only to the gods and the ghosts

of those who once dared to love.

He remembers you

in the absence of touch

how your voice would've sounded

saying his name.

Not as a woman made of earth,

but like Aphrodite rising from seafoam,

untouchable and immortal in her effect.

He walks through the world

wearing your memory

like a garland of hyacinths—

invisible,

but fragrant enough

to undo his certainty.

He calls your name in thought

only when Hermes isn't listening.

Because you were not a prayer

you were the echo of something already sacred.

You are not his.

You were never his.

But in the sacred ache

between Odin's wisdom and Hades' restraint,

he worships what he cannot claim.

And so you became

his unseen Nemesis

not to punish,

but to remind him

that even gods must kneel

before something they cannot keep.

You are the iris that opens at midnight,

the secret grove behind his ribs,

where he returns not for peace

but to remember what almost was.

You are his

without being.

There comes a time of year

When the grand bargain begins,

Not on the streets filled with vitality,

But in the shadows of the necropolis.

That time when the Four O'Clock flower breaks,

Shattered glass strewn across morality,

Violins echoing through chrysanthemums—

An entire ballad of the false prophets.

And in such a dreadful realm,

The White Dahlia enters with petals shrinking,

Trembling as the winds begin to embrace her.

Two pairs of eyes seize her gaze:

One's Deadly Nightshade,

the other's Devil's Hand.

One is there to devour her soul;

The other to protect and shield her:

Unfortunately, all entities wear masks.

What gleams is venom,

What offers refuge seems lethal.

The first waltz with the broken,

virtuous entity Unfolds in darkness,

Flowers shivering in the aura that surrounds him.

Warnings drip from his affection;

Her vitality seeps into his mask.

The long, agonizing sway ends in tears.

The second dance with the wicked one

Casts beams of pearly light across the floor,

Flickers of hope and sparks tangled in mysterious smiles.

Tiny, precise steps lure her core into an abyss.

She blooms once more

Only to be severed again with the final sigh of her stamina.

What happened to them, you might ask?

Devil's Hand betrays his loving core, vanishing into obscurity.

White Dahlia, dripping tears of blood, continues to bloom

Brighter, fiercer than ever.

Deadly Nightshade aches still,

Hunting those ruby tears with insatiable hunger:

One astray, one reaching the focal point, one hollow within its own elegance.

Trăiește clipa, trăiește momentul 

Cuvintele astea, înfundat, se aud,

Ca un ecou de mult apus

În cea mai adâncă peșteră a subconstientului.

Traiește clipa, traiește momentul

 Bâjbâi, abia apuc de coadă momentul,

Clipa se prelinge macabru de iute,

Alunecând printre degetele mele, aproape moarte.

Trăiește clipa, trăiește momentul 

Dar cum? Vă întreb eu pe voi:

Cum să trăiești, în primul rând,

Când abia simțim cum ne poartă viața-n spate?

Traiește clipa, traiește momentul

 Cu amar și jale cânt doine-n peșteri,

Sperând că răsună peste pustiile câmpii;

Cu lacrimi arse pe obraji, cântecul se frânge.

Trăiește clipa, trăiește momentul 

O s-o rostesc ca pe cea mai dragă rugăciune,

Până când clipa o să devină infinită

lar momentul va atinge sacrul apogeu.

Trăiește clipa, trăiește momentul 

Iar când tu, alchimistule,

Vei atinge cea dintâi filosofie,

Uşor să-ți treacă sufletul în eternitate.

It happened on one blue day

when my petals were bruised,

and my spirit almost hung itself,

no longer bearing the weight

of being an immortal light source

in a time of forgotten prayers.

I was nearly weeping

not in storms that swallow the world around me,

but in the language of scorpion grasses at dusk

soft, bowed, barely blooming.

He came like a gentle comet,

not as a man,

but as the guiding Hermes

a smile, soft as sacred crocuses,

carrying no judgment,

emerging from a cold land,

gently touching the unopened bud

of my fragile sorrow,

just to remind me:

someone still sees.

Then came the embrace

two arms wrapped around

like vines of honeysuckle

entwining the walls of my cold cathedral of solitude

with warmth and grace:

a tulip and hyacinth embroidery.

I did not flee from that sacred place,

not because I forgot Eros,

but because I remembered Persephone,

longing for the sun,

wandering through labyrinths of wonder

even in Hades' hasty gentleness.

But guilt arrived

on a shocking wave of pain,

measuring the weight of my heart

against a moment I did not ask for

nor did I deserve it,

yet I allowed it.

Not ashamed for desiring a mortal feeling,

but for that pale flicker of bloom

that rose inside my crimson heart

and dared to face the sun.

Yet even so,

I crossed no sacred boundary,

and kept my faith to Hera's vows

my trembling hand bore no corruption,

only the scent of oleander.

Now I return

to the sacred garden I tend with care,

to the altar of my chosen love,

where trust grows like lavender

at the gates of devotion.

He saw me unguarded,

but I see myself whole again

a celestial being reborn beneath the stars:

not untrue or disloyal,

only open,

only tender,

only alive.

Judecata adevărată,

De DUMNEZEU este dată.

El sfântul judecător,

Este drept și de-ajutor.

Să ne pregătim, că iată...

Judecata ne așteaptă.

Ne rugăm și neîncetat,

Multe aveam de iertat...

Dumnezeu e iertător,

Tata care tuturor..

Cere să ne îngrijim,

De rele să ne ferim.

Lucruri bune de-s făcute 

Foarte mult o sa-ne ajute.

Dacă mă gândesc așa...

In iad nimeni nu ar vrea.

RAIUL este locul care,

Și-l dorește fiecare.

Pregătește creștine 

Să ajungi, unde ție bine.

Roagate neîncetat,

Să ai locul preferat.

Ai plâns?

Am plâns că mi-ai fost drag și ai plecat

Am plâns să văd că nu pot să te-mpac..

Am plâns să simt că pentru tine n-am contat

Am plâns c-ombratisare tu mi-ai refuzat..

Plângi?

Mai plâng când amintirile mă năpădesc

Și plâng cu gândul la vinul ce-l doresc..

Mai plâng când gândurile mắ învăluiesc

Și plâng când de zidul dintre noi mă izbesc.

Mai plângi?

Uneori când simt că nu mai am putere

Alteori când mult prea mult îmi pasă

Și... când în inimă simt doar durere

Dar plâng mereu...c-un licăr de speranță!

M-ai invitat la o cafea,
undeva, în colțul unui oraș inventat.
Din căușul palmei
am apucat soarele de un vârf de rază —
un fir subțire de lumină
să-mi ghideze alunecarea
direct spre masa sufletului tău.

Acolo, în penumbră, se macină trei boabe.
Exact trei.
Atât cât trebuie pentru marea fuziune
cu acel singur strop de lacrimă,
extras din fericire.

A durat o întreagă epocă până te-ai decis.
Probabil abia acum, în tăcere,
s-au copt sfericele boabe —
fiecare dintre ele fiind o imensitate ruptă
din universul ochilor tăi.

Privirea ta îmi cuprinde acum întreaga poiană,
o geografie fragilă care abia așteaptă
să te invite la micul dejun al luminii,
în timp ce timpul curge lent în cești,
ca o clepsidră neagră, fierbinte.

Nu ne mai apără nici o platoșă de indici,
nici o cifră nu-și mai ascuți colții aici,
suntem doi ostatici vii,
salvați de parfumul unui amurg concentrat,
lăsând orașul, dincolo de geam,
să se prăbușească steril sub propriul său zgomot.

Dar ceștile se golesc.
Penumbra se retrage, iar poiana privirii se stinge,
lăsându-ne din nou vulnerabili în fața cifrelor.
Și chiar atunci, în tăcerea finală,
fără să spui un cuvânt,
deschizi încet căușul palmei tale
și apuci soarele de celălalt vârf de rază.

dacă n-am putea ”zâmbi” unii altora,
când ieșim din drogherie, am ști fiecare
ce fel de doftorie se pretează,
pentru a ne mai cârpi, pe ici, pe colo,
poate, poate, să mai prindem câteva cvartale de
răsărituri anxioase...

noroc că amintirile continuă să mintă
că ”înainte-a fost mai bine!”, pe cer
trec fără nici un ritm de ”dabum-dabum-dabum”
norii și animale înaripate imită păsările
de foc, de jale și de dor - există versuri
cu sonor în spate și pletoși care se scălămbăie
pe ritmuri orientale...

din bere curge dragoste și se nasc într-una,
câte una, câte două, câte nouă,
ființe, cu sau fără a le fi acceptată conștiința,
cu denumire și cod de bare, cu cip și zgardă
cu lanț și pașaport intercontinental,
cu fasoane și aere de rezidențial,
la margine de mahala...

vis, aieve, vis, aieve, aieve, vis, viseve, ais,
se schimbă-ntre ele, umede și reci, diplomate
cu cod și cu cătușe legate de încheieturi
asortate la desagi cu brânzeturi fine, sibiene
de la bulgari, cu care se desfată orbii cântând
marșul mut al unei schizofrenii trătită
în grup, exact în centrul capitalei...

Viața este doar un dar,

Trăiește-o ca atare

Ajut-o să te urce,

Nu să te coboare

Îndeamn-o la voință, 

Îndeamn-o la răbdare

Și va străluci 

Ca cea mai mândră, floare!

Spune ce doare

fără rușine,

că tăcerea

nu vindecă —

doar sapă mai adânc.

Spune că pleci

chiar dacă rămâi,

minciuna cu ochi blânzi

taie

mai rău decât adevărul crud.

Spune ce-ai visat

în nopțile reci,

că visele spuse

devin drumuri

sau despărțiri.

Spune „te iert”

chiar când nu poți —

iertarea nu e o rană închisă,

e curajul

de-a lăsa rana să respire.

Spune cine ești

fără să ceri voie —

numai umbrele

se roagă

să nu fie privite.

Spune și când taci,

căci ochii au glas,

iar inima scrie

când gura

se teme.