Poem: Who Is to Blame Here

I’ve got a list of questions I wanna ask you

But instead of asking you these questions

I try to answer them myself

I try to make my answers different

But every time I do that 

They seem to be the same 

I try to justify your actions

Try to figure out where I went wrong

Blame myself for your departure

But it’s not me I should be blaming

It is you who is responsible 

For the end of this union

Instead of rewriting our story

You simply chose to abandon it

Because that was the easiest thing 

For someone like you to do 

Written July 30, 2026

© 2026 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.

Poem: You’re Everywhere

You’re no longer here
Yet you’re everywhere 
Everywhere I look
Everywhere I turn

In every thought 

That pops into my head

You’re no longer here

And yet every conversation

Every experience

Leads me back to you

Recalling the memories we’ve shared

The things you used to do

I don’t even need to try

And there you are in my head

Never leaving

Morning, day, and night

You’re still with me

No matter what I do

Even though you’re no longer here

It’s as if you never really left

How long will it take

For you to become a distant memory

Just something to look back on

And not something that’s always there

Everywhere I turn 

Written July 30, 2026

© 2026 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.

Poem: Say Hello to the Night

I bid adieu to the day 

And say hello to the night

The darkness and silence

A welcome embrace 

As my dreams ready for flight

Written June 4, 2010

© 2010 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.