A Place to Call Home

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

I am just a cub,

Alone in a garden of flowers.

And as much as I delight in being seen by others,

Ilong, with all my being, to finally know myself.

As the world pauses to take a breath,

I press forward with quiet courage.

Freedom unfurls its petals within me,

Opening in this very moment.

So I take the leap of faith, and jump.

At the beginning of that journey,

The garden feels as though it tears my flesh apart

A disturbingly pleasant sensation,

For I have walked among these realms before,

Before I even knew how to shape sound with my voice.

Without rushing,

Without making the water tremble,

The conscious mind gives way,

Leaving space for the adventure to blossom.

So it begins.

The traveler's portal opens its radiant chest,

And the cub passes through.

From that realm of truth, I drift back in time,

Peering through binoculars at ancient predators,

Studying their movements,

Tracing them like vines across memory.

Once, the creatures noticed my gaze

And though they attacked,

I escaped With only a scratch on my paw,

A scar like a thorn's kiss.

I return to the present garden,

But the traveler aches for more.

And so, it begins again.

The next realm blooms in Atlantis.

The cub now breathes beneath sapphire waters,

Transformed into a creature of the deep,

A flower of the ocean's secret garden.

I drift among coral columns and temple ruins,

Their stories flowing into me

Like nectar through a stem.

My touch gathers their forgotten whispers,

Petal by petal, memory by memory.

At last, the fuel of wonder fades,

And the traveler must return.

The garden door calls softly,

Its blossoms swaying in welcome.

I leap once more,

And with gratitude,

reality gathers me gently

Back into its fragrant arms.

Galati, Prut....Braila, Mizil

La capatul lumii?!

Sau la azil?!

De ieri si de azi

In ele traim

Pe drumuri si poduri uitate de timp

La capatul lumii

Galati, Prut...Braila, Mizil

11.05.2022 / Elblag, Poland

Pentru Ionel A (context inteles de autor si persoana careia i-a fost dedicata, scrisa in urma primirii a 4 cuvinte).

Pe-un zid al casei, pensula se pleacă,

Prin tente mohorâte și gălbui,

Să spună despre-un câine ce se-îneacă

O vizuală-istorie oricui.

Talazurile-l poartă în derivă,

Pe sub un cer de-un spălăcit ulei,

Spre care vălurirea agresivă

Aruncă spume într-un alb de miei.

Iar botul către-înalt i se îndreaptă,

C-un gest milos din ochiul său făcut,

Oglindă-a unei vâltoreli ce-așteaptă

Să-și piardă crezul cât l-a mai avut.

Făr’ sens, urcându-și scara lui fluidă,

E Castul ce se chinuie-n obidă.

Nu la tine am bătut, ci la porți de Cer, 

Când dorul de-un vin devenise un chin.

Am ales dintre toate deșartele căi, 

Să cer de la Cer un miracol senin.

Și iată-l în cupă de-un roșu de vis

Fetească Neagră ce-n suflet pătrunde... 

... refuzul tău aspru acum s-a stins

Lăsând doar lumină pe buze și frunte.

Simt gustul de mure și prune uscate

Un strop de scorțișoară și pământ roditor

... e munca și pasiunea ta prin Cer strecurată

Să-mi fie balsam pentr-un dor istovitor.

...E lung postgustul, ca o amintire...

Catifelat și fin ca un vis împlinit.

O lecție sfântă de nesfârșită iubire - 

Cerul de-l rogi, dă tot ce omul n-a voit.

Sorb pacea din margini de sticlă,

Căci darul e sfânt când e cerut de Sus.

Iar gustul de mure în suflet îmi picură 

Ca binecuvântarea unui vin la apus.

Nu mai privesc în viitor cu teamă,

Nici nu mai aștept vreun semn de la pământ, 

Căci sufletul, când sincer Cerul cheamă, 

Primește tot prin tainic legământ.

Mi-ai spus un NU, ce va durea o viață,

Și m-am întors spre stele în tăcere 

Și Cerul întinzându-și o aripă 

Mi-a dat din truda ta... o mângâiere.

.............

Feteasca Neagră în cupă-mi strălucește 

E "darul tău " ce Cerul mi l-a dat

Și sufletul pare că se mai liniștește 

Căci a primit ce zile-ntregi a tot rugat.

În cupă am parfum de o licoare rară 

E dar divin... nicidecum pământesc 

O lecție ce-n suflet se coboară 

Doar Cerului se cade... să-i cerșesc.

( acrostih)

,, POVESTEA CODRULUI ,, și a dorului, POETUL în versuri ne-a lăsat

,, O MAMĂ DULCE MAMĂ,,, cu numele MIHAI în drag l-a botezat

EL, este EMINESCU, demiurgul cu versurile stele-n Univers

Trăirile ,,PRINTRE PLOPII FĂRĂ SOȚI,, vioara și azi le cântă …

Un dor lăsat la malul mării nici valurile reci nu i l-au șters

,,LUCEAFARUL,, și măreția versurilor de-a pururi ne cuvântă .

,,,Mai am un singur dor

Să-mi fie somnul lin

Și codrul aproape …,,

UN SINGUR DOR…! DE EMINESCU NE ESTE DOR ȘI AN DE AN O CLIPĂ DE COMEMORARE…15 iunie 1889- 15 iunie 2026

Nu-ți mai caut amprenta pe gâtul de sticlă,

Nici truda, nici murele, nici praful pe drum,

Am învățat că licoarea e liberă-n cupă

Și n-are stăpân, e doar gust și e fum.

Ai fost un profesor de taine amare,

Mi-ai arătat cerul ascuns într-un bob,

Dar ucenicia s-a stins la apusuri...

Azi beau ca o regină, nu scriu ca un rob.

E curat și-acest vin, fără al tău nume,

Ce nu cere scuze, nici note de trei,

E darul pe care mi-l fac eu, din lume,

Când tu nu mai ești printre zeii mei.

Rămâi în urmă, un ecou ce se stinge,

Un postgust amar de care nu-mi mai e dor,

Rămân cu acest vin de veghe pe buze,

Iertându-te-n taină că-ți sunt... trecător.

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Rămâi o vitrină cu sticle închise,

O amintire ce-și pierde din jar,

Iar eu plec spre zări de lumină promise,

Să sorb fericirea din propriul pahar.