Norma J. Rose, 19 march 2012
Here I am running again
Towards unkown distance.
My feelings are resembling the ones I've felt before.
Somehow I feel like I've been running in circles
Of reminiscence in my mind.
Suddenly I find myself in the same old shoes,
The same old life that I've known of only in my dreams.
The same old gentle breeze is embracing my skin
Filling in every inch of my being with simpleness and tenderness
Of the feelings I might have condoled.
Throughout the leaves and trees
I hear the same old music playing along,
Following every little beat of my heart
Spreading the words I've heard somewhere before.
Singing the song resembling the one I used to sing.
Suddenly I begin to wonder if all of this is only a dream
Is all of this only my heart's craving.
Am I longing for something I've never known of,
But had memory of?
Maybe my dreams will never come true,
But my memory is still on, giving me strengh to carry on.
-Norma J. Rose
Norma J. Rose, 19 march 2012
Ah, farewell!
Today I am leaving.
I will abandon my own thoughts.
And therefore I am left, imprisoned in reminiscence.
Nothing is visible anymore,
And everything is secretive again.
The cricks of silence are pervading the walls,
While the rage of this heart is seeking for the egress.
O for one moment of a smile
I shall endow a million tears on my cheeks.
Imprisoned in the mist of a time
I yield myself to the core of night.
I pave my being with midnight in aspiration for anchor
While using my touch to listen the cold treads of pain.
Today I am leaving.
And tomorrow I shall finally see, through shadow of a
smile.
On dusty roads I am seeking for marks of traces.
Rescue me, confine me, I am a hostage of my own eyes.
Against these secrets I cannot crawl anymore.
With scratched soul yet I linger to fear.
Caricatures of these thoughts leave
Empty fragments of feelings.
Today I am leaving.
I shall be wandering through illusions of this body
And yet, with a weary smile I bow myself to the
moonlight.
I am seeking for chains of a return.
My path is a neverending song.
-Norma J. Rose
Norma J. Rose, 19 march 2012
Stop.
Just for a moment.
Stop and don't think about anything.
Take a look around.
What do you see?
Do you see a smiling face
On every person that walks by?
You don't need much to
Bring a smile upon your face.
Stop.
Close your eyes. Listen.
Listen carefully.
What do you hear?
Do you hear a childrens laughter
Or their pain and cry?
It doesn't take much to
Make your tears fall
Down your cheeks.
Stop.
Can you think about for a second
What makes you the happiest?
Is it just one simple thing or
Many things that will soon disappear?
Life can be so complicated sometimes.
But even the most complicated
Parts of your life you can make so simple.
If you just open your heart,
Your eyes, listen carefully,
And just be.
Just let be.
-Norma J. Rose
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