Lena's Timeless Treasures
My emotionally charged poetry, lyrics, prose, and fiction
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Poem: Words Unseen
Monday, December 19, 2022
Poem: Tired
I am tired of this place
And my mere existence
I'm tired of pretending
Like things will be different
I don't have it in me
To change what is happening
There is no more spark
Or the drive to do anything
So here I find myself
Inside these four walls again
Letting the days go by
Not really living life
What is the point then
When all the hope is gone
Maybe the time has come
For me to say so long
To the one that doesn't try
To spread her wings and fly
Written December 19, 2022
© 2022 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Poem: My Eyes Deceive Me
I look toward the bar
And see you standing there
With short gray hair and glasses
Shocked at the sight of you
I quickly look away
Thinking I've imagined you
But when I turn back around
You are still there
Not moving an inch
How can this be
You are supposed to be down below
With your beloved parents
And yet here you are
Gracing me with your presence
I have the sudden urge to approach you
To say hello
To give you a hug I've been yearning for
But then you turn your face toward me
And that's when I realize that it isn't you
But a stranger that resembled you in the distance
Oh how my eyes deceive me
Into thinking you are still here
When you are nowhere to be found
Perhaps this is a sign
But I wonder what it means
To think you are standing there
When it's not really you
Written November 15, 2022
© 2022 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.Monday, November 7, 2022
Poems: Memories Reborn
Can be reborn
Just like the seasons
Each season sparking visuals
Of what once was
Bit by bit the details spring forth
Monday, October 17, 2022
Poem: Picture in the Frame
Monday, September 19, 2022
Poem: Tick-Tock
Goes tick-tock, tick-tock
Am I going to fall
Down below on the rock
Up ahead on this trail
But today is my hope
That somehow I'll prevail
To conquer and win
Or is my fate to be
To be dormant within
Don't want to be sorry
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Poem: I Remain a Mute
They remain inside
Can't say how I feel
Can't voice what I hide
They need to escape
But buried they are
And what's on mind
Can't get very far
I fear your reaction
And what you will say
That you'll shut me out
Or ruin my day
Protecting myself
From the heart and the pain
I remain a mute
With nothing to gain
So when will I say
That enough is enough
Your reactions won't hurt me
Because I am tough
Written February 9, 2022
© 2022 Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.