I am happy with my three best friends,
my cramped-up wooden house
in a small town,
a thousand inhabitants
my neighbour, a war hero,
another one, a priest,
apples grow on trees,
vegetables flourish on the ground,
fishes fly in the lake nearby
and the birds swim through the clouds.
You may have gotten the jist by now,
I am not an explorer.
I don’t crave to travel the universe
I am a lost soul that has just settled.
and I am just learning to love my space.
I have just started to build my fences,
and decorate my walls.
So let me rest, world!
Don’t demand or expect an adventure
Don’ t lure me with space travel,
for me, travelling to the next town
is already a great voyage.
I live in my own little universe
and I don’t care about your
hunger to strive,
your attraction with growth,
with expansion of horizons,
with moving out of comfort zones,
reaching out to the stars and more.
I am satisfied with my own.
So let me rest, world!
Don’t demand or expect an adventure
Let me just enjoy the stability,
the tranquility, the steadiness,
the constant, the peace.
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If only
If only I could be your favourite song
and haunt you every now and then
when you are in your office meetings
and I start playing in your head.
And during your lunch break
when you are standing in the queue
I creep back within your thoughts
as you tap your left foot,
but you stop abruptly
And you smile awkwardly to people
who have never danced before.
And when you reach home
you throw your bags and shoes
and from that dusty rack of memories
take my tape out and quickly hit play.
And dance the whole evening
with a pillow as big as me
And I would watch you smile and cry
as you sing my lines with a cracked voice.
If only...
If only I could be there to dance with you,
If only I could come back from the other side even for a minute or two.
If only I could be your favorite song,
you would remember me forever,
wouldn't you?
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