Poem: Is Your Love Pretend?

The rain and thunder beating down
And I am lost in thoughts that drown

As you stare at me with hungry eyes
I wonder if they are filled with lies

The love you have is it pretend
And when you reach out with your hand

Is it to help me or to stop
To block my path, to make me drop

I love the hunger in your eyes
But if it’s only filled with lies

Then you are in for quite a loss
Because you see I am the boss

And I forbid the tales you spin
They may entice but you won’t win

I will not be part of this sham
I’m telling you, you better scram

Once your attentions are exposed
To you my heart and soul are closed

I’ll leave you there alone to rot
And that’s the ending to your plot

Written July 5, 2021

Original Version

You look at me with hungry eyes
But those eyes are filled with lies
The love you have is all pretend
And when you reach out with your hand
It’s not to help me but to stop
To block my path, to make me drop
It’s you with hunger in your eyes
So let me satisfy those lies
I will pretend that you’re the boss
But then you’ll be in for a loss
Because my eyes will close shut 

Leaving you there alone to rot

Written June 26, 2021

© 2021 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.

Poem: You Appeared in My Dream

A glance out the window
Brought with it a view
Of colored leaves blowing in the breeze
And piles of dried leaves
That I pictured crunching against my boots

And then I saw you
Sitting on the old couch
Your head bent down
A faint snore escaping your lips

I thought you were peacefully sleeping
But as I slowly neared you
The snoring was silent
Your body like a dropping flower
And it turned out you were gone
Gone deep into the land of dreams
The kind you can’t escape from

And that’s when I opened my eyes
And wondered about your presence in my dream
I haven’t dreamed of you in a while
Was your sudden appearance a sign or a warning
And what did it mean

Written June 26, 2021

© 2021 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.