Cautând

Undeva,cândva

Am trecut pe lângă

Tine…

Și sufletul meu

L-a întâlnit pe al tău.

De atunci

Sângele meu curge

Fremătând , 

Arzând,aprig...

Grăbindu-se

Să umple inima mea,

Cu suflul inimii tale!

De atunci,

În fiecare clipă

Te caut in mine…

Și-apoi

Mă caut in tine..!

Până când…

Ne regăsim!

J.B.

Am rătăcit ,în gând,cuvinte

Șoptind însingurate-n minte,

Povestea spusă,vers cu vers,

Despre-o iubire-n dublu sens!

Se-adună verbele în moduri,

În timpuri aspre ,ca în coduri,

Și-ascund emoții-n propozitii!

Golindu-le de superstiții!

Nici virgulele nu stau mute,

Strigându-și fricile la..puncte!

Iar semnele de întrebare,

Se schimbă,calm,în exclamare!

Și orice caut în poveste,

Expresii simple-mi dau de veste,

Că este vorba…doar de tine

Care trăiești,intens,în mine!

Justina Butaroiu 

Atât de crud și de sălbatic

E cerul zilelor de mai,

Că simt in nări parfumul magic

De mir și flori…la porți de rai!

Atât de vie mi-e simțirea

De-alerg prin grâul lui cuptor…

Și mă adap cu nemurirea

Din flori de mac..sau de bujor!

Și mestec pâine tărănească…

Cu must din strugurii cei moi,

În orice casă românească,

Din orice toamnă de la noi.

Apoi îmi cântă pe la geam

Zăpada albă din povești

Colinde vechi si’’La mulți ani’’

Ce-aduc iertările cerești…

Dar noi…din nou ne-ncumetăm

La alte trebi fără de rost,

Uitând de noi!Uitând să dăm

Celor ce merită…prinos!

J.B.

Și dacă gândurile mele

Ar fi păsări,

Aș putea umple 

Cerul tău albastru 

Cu strălucirea zborului lor!

Și dacă visele mele 

Ar fi flori,

Aș putea umple 

Cu parfumul lor

Gradina inimii tale!

Și dacă eu..

Aș fi doar lumină,

Tu nu ai mai cunoaște

Întunericul!

Nicicând!

Justina Butaroiu 

Ni-i frică de cer și de soare!

Uităm să zâmbim,să iubim!

Și lumea ,acum,ni se pare

Golgota în care trăim!

Ne temem de doruri,de vise!

De stele,de lunăde boltă...

Ne umplem de gânduri prea triste 

Și-n orice vedem o Golgotă!

Putem sa trăim în Lumină,

Căci viața e raiul promis!

Golgota e doar o himeră,

Când noi ne-noim prin Iisus!

Justina Butaroiu

Ce e papușarul?

Un copil mai mare

Ce sădește suflet

Într-un corp ce n-are...

El aduce-n scenă

O marionetă,

Îi da glas ,simțire..

O face vedetă.

Îi ridică mâna

Când salută sala,

Dă din umeri sec,

Mimând ..aiureala.

O apleacă-n față,

O asează-n scaun,

O îmbracă-n zdrențe

Sau în strai de aur.

Ce e papușarul?!...

Un copil mai mare...

El sădește viață

Într-un corp ce n-are!!!

Justina Butaroiu 

Aici e Viata nu e Raiul

Nu trebuie sa fim perfecti 

Sa renuntam la tot alaiul

Principii si oameni corecti!

Suntem asa cum ne-am permis

Desi, ne-am nascut inocenti

Am trait doar in compromis

Si -am devenit doar dependenti.

Avem o lupta zi de zi

Cu altii, dar in noi e fum

Mimam ca vrem a ne trezi

E cam tarziu... ajungem scrum!

Cand ne-om intoarce iar la noi

Si vom vedea ca suntem buni

Nu vom mai accepta "gunoi"

Chiar de vom fi facuti nebuni.

S-avem curaj sa nu mai fim

Acolo unde nu-i nimic

Caci chiar de credem ca iubim

Iubirea e un inamic!

E multa forta la mijloc

Sa renuntam la dependenta

Ce-i natural e reciproc

Si aduce multa prezenta!

In umbrele noastre uitate

Traim ca si cum asta a fost

Nu stim ca-n locuri luminate

Umbrele pier ca nu au rost!

Doua Umbre

30.12.2025

#Doua-Umbre 

Ești rana închisă-n adâncul din piept,

O amintire ce-n suflet am drept,

Un dor ce mă cheamă și nu pot fugi,

Un vis ce în taină mă face-a iubi.

Ești umbra ce crește când noaptea se lasă,

Și glasul ce-n mine nicicând nu se-apasă,

Durerea ce-ascunde și bine, și rău,

O lacrimă-nchisă sub pragul cel greu.

Dar rana aceasta nu vreau să o pierd,

Din ea crește viața, din ea mă dezmierd.

Căci fără iubire, n-ar fi nici durere,

Și rana din piept mi-e a vieții avere.

Trecu o vreme oarbă de când nu văd privire

De-atunci e timpul rece, să-l încălzesc cu vin

Rămase două palme și-o inimă pe ele

Ținute de un suflet întemnițat în chin

Ascunde cu blândețe durerile amare

Prin zilele-norate aprinde soare viu

Îmbracă o tristețe cu straele-nflorate

Atinge-mă cu mâna de dor să nu mai știu

Caietul sângerează din rănile-nsemnate

Stiloul mă refuză să zgârie anonim

Pe paginile vieții iertându-le cu șoapte

Să desenezi destinul, în doi să-mbătrânim

Deschide o scrioare lipsită de cerneală

Pictează două inimi și-un zâmbet de senin

Deasupra scrie gânduri, cu buzele semnează

Va ști să mă găsească, trimite-o și-am să vin

As from work I came back home,

And stood in front of my door,

I noticed a small envelope on the floor,

It was about an event, not here in Rome.

It was an invitation to a dance,

A waltz in San Marino, in the three towers.

It said, to arrive between the nights hours, with flowers,

And not to leave your apperance to chance, make sure to bring your best glance.

The envelope had such a powerful smell,

As to read I begin, it made my head spin.

At the same time, it was slowly pulling me in,

It was as if I was under a sort of spell.

Inside, a letter with a small kiss at the end,

It was stamped with a single name,  Dery.

Both in a red so dark-it's origin I couldn't comprehend…

It wasn't the juice of any berry but maybe, a black cherry?

The day of the party grew nearer,

And things started to become clearer.

It must have been some sort of elaborate trick,

This was probably how someone got their kick.

I wanted to look up the party online,

But I couldn't find anything that to the date would align.

Intrigue was taking over me and with myself, I could agree,

That I needed to go and what this was about, to see.

I decided to wear my best, navy blue with the black hue,

I was happy with my decision when I saw who,

Was going to attend and how much they were able to spend.

The richest men and women from their cars would descend.

Some of the wealthiest people of the world gathered,

For an event I didn't even know about, let alone how much it actually mattered.

It seemed like the biggest thing of the year,

But it would appear, that online no one knew what was going on here.

The music was blaring all around the yard,

Although there was no sight of any sort of guard.

We were all asked inside the ball-room,

I was wondering how Dery our night would try to illume.

Suddenly, a thunder sounded like it cracked the sky.

I had a feeling that something dark was nigh.

As if it was so close that I could hear,

Whispering in my ear, to it drawing me near.

I stopped and went away from the crowd,

In the mirror I saw something, to myself I thought,

I looked and looked but around me was naught.

I continued and to myself that by nothing I will be scared I avowed.

The room was massive, it even had a mezzanine floor,

We were all invited to drinks and the party started to roar.

The wine was exquisite, it had clearly been aged for a while,

And as the music changed, our host came down the stairs with a slight smile.

My jaw dropped when I saw who in front of us stopped,

The person who came down the stairs,

Looked like out of a movie she had been cropped.

She declared the party open, requesting us to stop from our affairs and form pairs.

As I was the only alone one,

I really stuck out as the sore thumb,

When by her eyes I was found, I wanted to run,

But she beckoned me and my legs felt numb.

The sound of her stilettos drowned out the ceaseless dance,

As she spun around the crowd, as if she was in a shroud, of mist.

But before I could understand my circumstance,

She took me by the wrist and made us twist.

She was dazzling to all who laid eyes upon her,

Wearing a long red dress but not leaving much for me to guess.

The way her olive skin, brown eyes and freckled cheeks her beauty would confer was leaving my mind in an endless blur,

Barely able to convalesce, with haste I grabbed her hand and waist, trying to impress.

She gave me her first smile of the night,

With a deep look into the eyes,

I didn't stop to think of what that implies,

Because at first sight, everything felt just right.

But suddenly, I had the strangest feeling,

My instinct told me that I had seen her before,

It was as if something from me she was concealing.

She reminded me of someone I used to adore, the way she moved, the things she wore…

She had the gentleness of a red aster,

And as the crescendo was quickly approaching,

She on my chest was intentionally encroaching.

Faster, and please hold your partners closer, said the choirmaster.

Step by step, we entered into the limelight,

The only couple who the speed could withstand,

I grabbed her hand, trying to make the last move truly grand,

She understood, held me tight and let me take her to another height.

As we released each other, everyone stood aside,

The cheers of the crowd were like those of a choir,

Now, it was clear, between us, there was a fire.

There was no emotion left to hide, her smile was just as bright as the moon outside.

I was almost exhausted to death,

But she didn't even seem affected,

And after herself she had quickly collected,

With her next breath she whispered a shibboleth.

I knew the dialect but barely remembered the word.

Her lips slowly mumbled the phrase: Hazırlayın!

She could tell that not only I had heard but it's meaning I had inferred.

Not staying, she slowly went up the steps, her message clearly conveying.

Two servants quickly rushed behind her,

Before one came to tell me,

"Our mistress at the top wishes to see thee.

" Please make your way to the stairs, sir."

It hit me, as I entered the room at the top of the tower,

Everything smelled of orris, more expensive than anything aurous.

And on the bed, a tag attached to a small but gorgeous red flower,

As a chorus, we both read "Scadoxus multiflorus."

" Maybe you know what type it is? What it's called I mean. "

Her voice seemed to come out of no-where,

' I could swear there was no one there'.

" On the name your ideas have to convene, it'll make sense of everything you've seen."

I tried, I wanted to scream, to yell, to shout,

But she grabbed me before my mouth I could move,

" Shush now, you've got nothing more to prove,"

" I am ecstatic you finally figured it out."

I tried to open my mouth but no words would come out,

" I shall allow you to speak but shhhh..not too loud."

" I ask of thee not to offer me any reason your integrity to doubt. "

She snapped her fingers but I said naught aloud, maybe I was just too proud.

" Thou in sooth have nothing to say? Very well, then at least offer me a dance."

I grabbed her hand and waist once more and started slow,

" I don't suppose there's any chance but is this about a romance? "

Her eyes began to glow as we danced to the music below.

" So tell me now, are you a vampire of yore? "

" Thou ought not to name any lady that way, she says as at me she smiles."

" Although yes, from before-Europe Suleiman to conquer swore,"

" Hence I barely escaped the body piles from the Carmonica trials.  "

' So tell me, dear lady what is your name? Dery must surely not be it. '

" Ah, thou hath to notice, thou is only half right."

" Derya is not my birthname, only one my situation to befit. "

" Then, Derya, if to ask I might, what is the flower in our sight? "

" 'Tis here so thou canst avoid the pain…"

' Pain? What are you even talking about? '

" Thou didn't think I brought thee here in vain…"

" Thou are here for a reason, for that there should be no doubt."

" I have examined thou for a very long time, "

" We have met before…a long time back, ten years ago, "

" I wished to help thee grow but life happened and I had to go,"

" Thou were twenty five then, in your prime. "

" You mean…Aysel? Is that really you?"

" You just left me, without any warning…"

" I woke up that day and you were gone by the morning…"

" Why? I still have no clue…that was 5 years of us that you just threw…"

" Thou were too young my motives to comprehended.  "

" Thou were afraid of thine future, of us becoming more,"

'Did you ever try your mistake to amend? I thought my search will never end… '

' How is that fair to me? My heart it tore, it hurt me to my core.'

"I was frightened that eternity with me you wouldn't want to spend… "

"But I hath given this much consideration."

"Thus I am offering you a choice, how to live thy live and its duration,"

"Drink from the tea on that table and your mortal life will end."

"From the sun you will have to hide and the hunters that will constantly be a thorn in your side,"

"Thy life will be one of knowledge and power,"

"But with misery and despair the Earth you'll scour."

"Doth not worry, thou will have a bride who through this life will guide."

"Thou may take thy leave now although we shall never meet again,"

"Our love you'll have to finally forfeit and forget."

'And yet, how long has it been since someone like me you've met?'

"To my disdain, beloved, centuries have passed in vain."

So now, your decision please make

----

Drink the tea

As our bodies unclasp from each others warm embrace,

I didn't want to lose the pace as I bring the tea to my face,

She grabs my neck and whispers in my ear.

"I love you"…I said 'I love you too' with no fear…

----

Leave

As our bodies unclasp from each others warm embrace,

I saw the sadness in her face as I made to leave that place,

With a smile I weaved through the crowd, the dance…

…Knowing it wouldn't be by chance...that my life to something better would advance.

Iubito dă-mi mâna

Mâna ta dreaptă,

Să ți-o sărut într-una,

Ca un nebun..

Privește cerul de noapte

Se vede Luna

Ascultă vântul,

Vine furtna,

Se-adună roată norii-ncruntați,

Frumoasă-i natura ce joacă într-una,

Piese de teatru fără actori!

Iubito nu-ți fie teamă

E vremea noastră

Strigă într-una despre amor...

Ne știe bine,

Strigă pe nume,

Nici că ne pasă

De gura lumii ori altceva...

Moară rușinea,vină curajul

Asta-i povestea ce-o să rămână

Ca mărturie dar nu se știe...

Iubirea noastră pe timp de seară,

Dansează ritmic un dans pe sârmă,

Cum e la circ,

Și poartă titlul ce-i fără vină

Iubire nocturnă,

Așa am să-i zic!

(27 februarie 2024 Vasilica dragostea mea)

Ne rătăcim pe cărări paralele,

Priviri stinghere se-aprind și se sting,

Ne ținem în umbre cu gesturi rebele,

Dar inima știe că nu ne desprind.

Trecem ca umbre pe holuri străine,

În valuri de oameni ce-și au propriul destin

Jucăm un teatru, dar noi știm prea bine

Că masca ne cade când nu mai privim.

Ne ținem departe cu gesturi precise,

Ca doi actori ce-și joacă uitarea,

Dar umbrele noastre, pe coridoare ucise,

Soptesc că noi ne-am tăiat chemarea.

Și totuși, în noapte, când nimeni nu vede,

Se zbate un dor vinovat și aprins,

Ne mințim, ne respingem, dar inima știe

Că singuri ne-am dus către propriul declin.

Ne spunem că astfel iubirea se stinge,

Că aceasta se spală cu timp fără glas,

Dar undeva, sub tăcerile reci,

O șoaptă se zbate și cere un ceas.