Welcome to my poetry section. All poems here are by me, Silva. After many years not writing I've started writing again, just because it makes me feel good. Some of my poems are about my battle with depression and negative thoughts etc, my search for inner peace, through meditation and relaxation. Others are about daydreams or my joy in nature. Well anyway here they are, I hope you find at least some you enjoy. :)
Flee no more,
Turn, and face the pain,
Stand your ground
Open your eyes,
Why be so afraid?
Face the monsters you created,
Again and again, they strike,
Unknowing, unwitting,
Cutting, ripping, without care,
Senseless, unaware,
They rip your flesh raw and bare.
Taste your fear and pain,
Feel your wounds
Are they really so severe?
Learn your strength,
Stand unfearing and firm,
One with the world,
One with yourself.
Learn the truth,
You wound yourself.
Just beyond the veil,
There's another world
Rich with ancient magic,
So close, so far,
So full of power.
I dance alone, amid the crowd,
Uncaring how foolish I seem,
Celebrating the joy and beauty of life.
Dancing, whirling, to the tune my heart sings,
In my dreams I'm free
Released from the fear within me.
The dream ends, and here am I
Hiding in the corner again,
Back to the wall,
My face a cold mask, uncaring and afraid.
Why can't I release me?
I want to be part of the dance,
To be free to let myself go.
I want to come out from behind the mask
Stand before you all without fear,
Meet your eyes, and say
This is me, touch my soul.
I know they're here,
I feel them everywhere
Fairies and elves in every tree.
Faded spirits from the past
Still they live, hiding
Just beyond our seeing.
In secret mystic glades
Their essence never fades,
Where leafs hang like jewells,
Caught in the light of the sun,
And rich green grass, soft and lush,
Touches a woodland pond.
If I weren't here, then
Iridescant fairies fill the air,
I can almost see them
Creatures of my mind
Dancing out of time
I am the darkness you dare not face,
The fear that creeps within
The name you cannot seak,
I am the one that chills your soul
And, touches your shoulder at dead of night.
I Am You.
I found myself.
Is this what it was all about?
Coming home as someone else?
All the pain and joy,
All the paths I trod, wasted,
Led back to this
My own God.
If moons were blue
If I knew the reason why
I love you,
Then there would be,
An angel pig
In a blue moon,
For all to see
If fallings stars are mine to grasp,
If gold is at the rainbow's end,
Then I believe our love will last,
My lover and my friend.
And there will always be
An angel pig,
And a blue moon
For all to see.
You come again
The old familliar pain,
Burning within me,
Moving though me.
Out of the night you come,
Touching me gently
Like an old friend.
Repelled, I reach out my hand
And draw you in,
Feeling you as part of me
Knowing who I am.
When the friends are gone,
When the mind is quiet,
Then I feel I don't belong.
Soft whispers from deep within,
Lost, lonely, child voices,
Voices of the past
Touch my future with fear,
Don't leave, please don't leave me,
Be there always for me,
Alone, I'll always be alone,
I've always known.
How do you hug the child inside?
How do I quell the fear I hide?
Not doing magic is such a bore.
I bought my plastic wand from the local toy shop
Official Harry Potter, the last one in stock,
Maybe it'll make a wizard out of me
I just need to buy a new battery.
I wanna send my mail by owl express
I don't care what the post office say, feathers are best.
I wanna be a pupil at Hogwarts School
Even learning potions with Snape would be cool.
I've spent all my money on Harry Potter merchandise
So now I'm broke, and to be a wizard would be nice.
He ate too much cheese, and has a pain in the head,
As for the night stars,
I begged and said please
But stars like to hang around in bars,
Drinking warm beer and pink champagne,
And, the sky has gone on strike again,
It simply refuses to change hue
So we're stuck with a sky of daylight blue,
And the sun will just have to shine
Everywhere all the time.
Lost shadow memorys of those I've known or loved,
Old dark pain
That I never thought I'd feel again,
Wounds I thought long healed
Or never knew existed,
I close my eyes and go within
Tell myself don't be afraid.
I am the mother that comforts the child inside,
I hold myself and say don't hide
Feel the mist of tears uncried,
Move through it, and let it go.
But as I reach my hand beyond,
Those shadows drift away, unready to be caught or faced,
And I know I must try again another day.
To find a way to
Untie the deepest darkest knots within me.
And move beyond where I am free.