Jolanta Gradowicz Poems

Knock, knock! I don’t have a key
To your heart – I threw it away
Some time ago – forget that day!
Let me, again, come back and feel
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I am not ready to leave this place.
I'm not ready yet. Though, in fact,
I was preparing for many days,
But not everything is still exact.
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The past year – an episode
With the unforgettable days.
They seem to lose their glitter
And be only fading memories.
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The little cross on my breast;
A shining, silver sign – sword
My strength and my amulet,
A safe way, the last resort.
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I’m sitting in the little space,
Calming the chaos in my mind.
There is no other safer place -
I left the noisy world behind.
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I've been looking for it for years,
I've been missing it for a long time.
Sometimes a poor substitute appears -
But it’s distant like the horizon line.
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Another season settled on the branches
Of the oaks down the winding path.
I hear coming sounds, some voices -
Church bells before a Mass, a child's laugh...
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I feel the burden of my silent dreams,
I’m overwhelmed by their intensity,
I can’t endure the might of the feelings.
O, God! Look at me at last and take pity.
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There is a land with flowers
Which never lose blossom.
There is a land with towers
Touching nearly the sun.
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I turn to your heart – I can’t speak to you -
Don’t be ice-cold, have mercy on my lips
Burning with desire, my poor heart’s needs,
On my longing dreams which never come true…
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