Poem: Bittersweet Surprise

The last time I saw you
Was when I tied the knot
The last thing I expected
Was to be by your plot

And yet there you were

Your face behind black

Your hollow eyes locked

Into mine for a sec

I stood there frozen

Lyrics engraved on your stone
The notes beneath them
Your voice mine alone

I hummed to myself

These words to be true
It was a wonderful world

On the day I met you

You're forever the music

That sings from your soul
Always here you'll be
Even though you are gone

The mark that you left

On the day of my bliss

Is something I treasure

Is something I miss

A bittersweet surprise

To see you once more

Surrounded by many

Yet not on the dance floor

Your face a reminder

That the end is unknown

So we must live each day

Like there is no tomorrow

Perhaps I will dance

Through life once again

The way that I did

When I danced with my man

Written June 1 - June 2, 2025

© 2025 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only. 

Poem: The Middle of Nowhere

In the middle of nowhere 

Far from the main road

A girl hides 

From a relationship gone cold

A prisoner of his words

Her heart an empty shell 

She makes up lies 

To cover up the pain 

She doesn’t want to be 

In the middle of nowhere 

She wants to be in a place

Where her heart is whole 

She can’t even trust herself

To make the right choices

At this moment in time 

So who can she trust?

To get her back to the main road

To a life she used to have 

Before it was ruined 

By the one she thought was the one 

Written February 23, 2025

© 2025 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only. 

Poem: My Life

I don't have what it takes to make it

No matter how much I try to fake it 

There’s this feeling and I can’t shake it 

And this fear I just can’t break it 

It’s crazy 

It’s hazy 

It’s not that I’m lazy 

I’m just like a daisy 

Can’t make up my mind 

My life’s undefined 

I’m falling behind 

Keep hitting rewind

Instead of fast forward 

And me moving onward 

It seems I’ve gone toward 

A life of a coward 

Instead of progressing 

I’m constantly stressing 

And hope for a blessing 

Don’t want to be guessing 

I’m falling, I’m sorry 

I’m making you worry 

One moment of glory 

I’ll rewrite my story 

It may take a while 

To dig through the pile 

But life is a trial 

And filled with denial

You take it

You break it

And you fake it 

Till you make it 

Written February 4, 2025

© 2025 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.