WHEN I WOKE UP - love poetry

Him

When into this world I arrived

The joy of a child I had

Everything I was surprised with

And discovery of this world lay ahead

Curiosity of a child is great

A raindrop enchants

A sparrow’s twitter is heard

All nature tempts

Many colors the world has

There are different teachers

There are boa constrictors

And there are also friends

But an adult I became

Child’s world was gone

Another costume I got

And into a fool’s dream went on

Masks my face covered

Varied they were

In the heart still larger lumps

And dark thoughts bred

After matter I raced

Drove my heart far away

In my head I stayed

I suffered, I did not see

Love was a fantasy

Love in dreams came

Love with beauty appeared

Love the heart drowned

Forgive I could not

Neither wanted to forget

I calculated everything

And love rejected was

For long in the nightmare I was stuck

Messing up I was

Defended myself from love

Finally woke up

My heart you opened

Fairy tales you told

A child’s world you painted

Who I am reminded

Into your eyes I looked

In your eyes I reflected

And then I became sad

And a tear shed

I shed tears

Mirror of Truth my eyes saw

Everything they were scared of

And everything they rejected

And the Truth I saw

How much I lost

What a fool I was

What a fool's dream I dreamed

Time to chase demons away

To cover fear’s entrance

To bow to love

It is time to ring in love

©Katarzyna NK (Catherine)

 April 29th, 2021

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When I Woke Up - Love poetry

poem from the volume I WANT...

A Story of Certain Love Written in Poems

author: Katarzyna Nowocin-Kowalczyk

translation: Elizabeth Kanski

paintings: Marek Szczęsny

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music: Adrian Simsak; text & vocal: Katarzyna Nowocin-Kowalczyk