When Kindness Found Me

They descend not wearing velvet robes

stitched from honest stars,

but garments woven

from borrowed halos,

perfumed with white lilies

that never knew their roots.

They speak of stillness

as though silence were a temple;

of gentleness

as though mercy were a language

their sweetened tongues remembered.

They sell the purest serenity

like merchants beneath eclipses,

placing peace

upon polished altars,

asking only

for another soul to kneel.

Do not mistake

the absence of thunder

for the absence of venom.

Some serpents

have learned

to hiss between prayers.

Some abysses

have memorized

the vocabulary of light.

Beneath their gardens

grow neither jasmine nor magnolia

only moonlit pitcher plants,

their chalices open,

sweet with impossible nectar,

waiting for exhausted butterflies

who mistook hunger

for kindness.

There,

the blossoms bloom inward.

Petals become sharp teeth.

Fragrance becomes slow-wave sleep.

Roots become shackles,

coiling around ankles

too hopeful

to question beauty.

They preach stoicism,

yet harvest every trembling heart.

They praise compassion,

yet count mercy

only when it is bleeding.

They glorify forgiveness,

because forgiven wounds

are easier to reopen.

I have seen them—

keepers of immaculate orchards,

watering white roses

with borrowed sunlight,

while beneath the soil

countless sunflower corpses

lie hollow,

their gold devoured

to adorn another mask.

They call themselves shepherds.

Yet wolves have always known

how to imitate

the patience of snowfall.

The oldest predator

is not rage,

it is tenderness

performed

without a soul behind it.

In the deepest caverns,

where no dawn enters,

the ancient serpents

shed not their skin,

but their faces.

Each new smile

another immaculate prophecy.

Each embrace

another silent eclipse.

And those

who truly carry light

never ask

to be worshipped.

They bloom quietly,

like wild chamomile

between forgotten stones,

asking nothing

except stillness.

For real gardens

never hunger

for the sunflowers

that seek shelter.

Only carnivorous flowers

measure love

by what remains

after the petals

have disappeared.

So when they speak

of peace,

look beneath their roots.

When they preach

stillness,

listen for the bones

buried beneath the moss.

And when they promise

to save your sugared soul,

watch,

whether their shadows

lean toward your light,

or away from it.

For the oldest false prophet

was never the loudest.

He whispered

like rain upon marble,

held out

a blossom without scent,

and smiled

while somewhere,

far beneath the earth,

the abyss

opened its mouth

like a flower trap.

Cruel Cronos engraved me early,

not with gentleness,

but by hands of shadows

who mistook my springtime figure

for silence,

who thought my tears were seeds easily buried.

I was a sanctuary of lilies,

crushed before the bloom,

a jasmine bruised by shadows,

an innocent violet forced into stone.

Their voices were storms,

their laughter-chains of iron,

and I, too petite to fight,

learned the language of fear.

Yet within me, a sunflower spark

refusing to give up its soul,

rooted itself deeper,

drinking light even from darkness,

whispering: you are more than their hands,

you are more than their cruelty.

So I rose, piece by piece,

a wounded Rose of Venus,

crowned not by shame,

but by the fire of endurance.

Where they carved burning scars,

I carved flourishing constellations.

Where they plucked petals,

I grew wings of lavender and flame.

Now my voice is the garden restored:

not silent,

not broken,

but alive

a testament that innocence stolen

is not innocence lost,

that even from the deepest, darkest wound,

a sunflower can rise

and teach the world

what it means

to see, to feel,

and yet not become a shadow itself.

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.

Simt a iernii rece gheață,

Șoptindu-mi vag și cu dulceață

Cum mă-ndeamnă să visez

Și-un ultim portret să-i pictez.

Precum un sacru jurământ,

Îi aud vocea sus, în vânt,

Și, după multe lupte crunte,

Eu pic lat pe-acel lugubru munte.

Stau, ascult și bag de seamă:

Geru-mi cântă cea din urmă gamă.

Fără vlagă, treptat devin greoi

Și-ntrezăresc priviri de moroi.

Oare îmi joacă mintea feste?

Sau au primit și ei de veste

Că-n aceste ceasuri de tortură

Cu greu mă zbat la ultima pictură?

E ger, și albul mă completează,

În ochi, marea ceață se instalează.

Cu-n gest final, cam dureros,

Închei acest portret tăios.

Nu-i așa că-n vis, în carte,

Vindecăm viața de moarte?

Că prin versuri, printre rime,

Împletim iubiri sublime?

Că un gând ce-n zori răsare

Poate fi un colț de soare,

O scânteie de lumină,

O speranță ce alină?

Poezia ne împarte

Timpul în clipe deșarte,

Dar în ea, sub cer de stele,

Viața-nvinge doruri grele.

Să nu te temi, căci eu veghez,

Din umbre dorul ți-l păstrez,

Și dacă viața-i doar un vis,

În el rămân, de neînvins.

Mă tem eu pentru pașii tăi,

Să nu te pierzi pe drumuri grei,

Dar chiar de noaptea-i fără stea,

În vis mă cheamă, voi veghea.

Și dacă zorii-s prea străini,

De mine-n gând să te alini,

Căci nici tăcerea nu desparte

Ce sufletul pe veci împarte.

Tu care zi și clipă lângă mine stai

Și dragoste curată îmi aduci în casă,

Aș vrea să-ți spun prin al meu grai,

Cât sunt de fericit că-mi ești aleasă

Cândva demult te-am întâlnit

Și inima în piept mi-a tresărit,

Nu am putut tic-tacul să-l opresc

Și nici s-ascund cum mă roșesc

Erai frumoasă ca floarea lunii mai

Gingașă, dulce și firavă ca un pai,

Te-am invitat de vrei să ne plimbăm

Și poate două vorbe să schimbăm

Și norocos am fost că tu ai acceptat

Și-n pas ușor pe-alei noi am plecat,

Apoi ne-am pus pe banca de sub tei

Eu pe la mijloc, iar tu pe marginea ei

Te văd și-acum cum te-ai retras

Când ți-am cerut să vii spre mine,

Și-aveai un tremurat ușor în glas

Iar eu eram emoționat la fel ca tine

Cum aș putea să uit în astă viață

Câ mâinile ni s-au atins deodată,

Și am simțit pentru întâia dată

Fiorul dragostei venit de la o fată

Curaj țin minte cum mi-am făcut

Mâna ți-am strâns și ne-a plăcut,

Te-am luat în brațe puțin forțat

Și un sărut șiret eu ți-am furat

Convins fiind că mult nu am greșit

Am îndrăznit să mai repet odată,

Apoi în liniște pe-alei noi am pornit

Cu gândul la o dragoste adevărată

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Și-acum de mână noi ne ținem

Iubirea, dragostea ne însoțește,

Și nu uităm mereu să spunem

Un mulțumesc, Celui ce ne iubește!

Totul e trist fără tine...și zilele dor

Se aprind, se sting pe rând, fără glas, în al timpului zbor

Te caut prin vise...gândul abia te mai găsește 

Ești doar o umbră, ce abia mai sclipește 

Pe străzile reci mă pierd obosită 

Purtând amintirea ce nu mă invită 

La un toast de final... să mă rup de trecut

...dar cum sa renunț la ce... final n-a avut?...

Lipsa ta mă săgeată în piept 

Îmi șoptesc că ce trăiesc nu e drept

De când nu mai ești și lumea e mută

Iar eu doar o păpușă ce zâmbetul imită..

Simt cum mă pierd de dor in poezie

Speranțele vor sa le dedic un vers

Să prindă viață, a ta umbră,

Să prindă glas, culoare...sens.

Sunt femeie, sunt mamă. Sunt și soția unui bărbat. Știu durerea ce înseamnă, Dar ştiu şi fericirea mea cu alţii s-o impart. Sunt femeie și plâng, La bucurie și necaz. Îmi port crucea în fiecare zi, Ieri, mâine, azi! Sunt femeie și știu ce înseamnă dor, Dorul cel nemuritor. Când îţi aştepţi fiica sau feciorul, Din lungul lor zbor. Sunt femeie și vreau să fiu fericită Doar asta îmi doresc. Nu vreau să fiu o ispită! Vreau să fiu iubită și să iubesc. (Poezie de Vladimir Potlog)

Nu-mi amintesc să fie zi din săptămână,

Să nu-mi aducă la fereastră,

Când cerul cu-ai săi nori vrea să îmi zâmbească

Același colorat ecou ce-mi spune răspicat mereu

Și vrea să îmi vorbească de-o iubire mare,

Ce mi se plimbă pe cărare

Și care știe doar o vorbă de iubire

Ce pare să închidă toate tainele în ea,

Și pe oricine-ai întreba din umeri dă neștiind ce este,

Ori de la cine vine sau pornește..

O să te-ntrebi de cine pomenesc acum

Sau despre ce-ți vorbesc...

Ei bine,te iubesc!

(26 ianuarie 2024 Vasilica dragostea mea)