poetry – Page 2 – ilekso

.roses.

August 6, 2017August 6, 2017inspiration, poetry1 Comment

take a moment

and clear your mind

carefully carve out the thorns

growing down your spine

gracefully gather the roses

blooming among your ribs

and remember

everything is fine

everything lives

.guilt.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017desperation, poetryLeave a Comment

a fraction of a second

is already enough

is already too much

i wish the thoughts

would run away

as i attempt to drive them out

but they don’t

they stay

and i’m supposed to take comfort

in the fact

that your suffering is complete

that you always loved me

that i have your eyes

but now your work…

is mine

.love.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017love, poetryLeave a Comment

you have seen the way

i love all things

admire

their truth and their fight

adore

their colors and their light

so you know that when

i say it to you

there is nothing more true

i love you

.feeling.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017light, poetryLeave a Comment

there’s this feeling i get

when i look at the sun

or the moon

the mountains across the lake

the light on your face

there’s this feeling i get

when i share something about myself

or know that i am understood

accomplish something great

hear you say my name

each moment is different

yet somehow

the same

i have a lot of feelings

because i feel everything

.good. x .truth.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017love, poetryLeave a Comment

it’s so beautiful when

you’re in front of someone and you think

i’m in front of you and i’m myself

we are here

we are together

we are oK

i never want to keep my mind from your view

but this time it’s about you and i’m scared so

i do

i lie

as i say

yeah…

good to see you too

because what i’m trying to convey

is that it’s more than good

to tell you the truth

it’s everything

.good. x .lie.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017love, poetryLeave a Comment

it’s so beautiful when

you’re in front of me

i’m in front of you

we listen

we laugh

we love

i never want to leave

but as always

i do

we lie

as we say

good to see you again

yeah…

good to see you too

.visions.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017love, poetryLeave a Comment

i have visions

of your hands on my spine

of your lips on my neck

the both of us refusing

to let the other leave the bed

i have visions

of your mind reading my own

of your eyes looking into places

the ones i have never really shown

to assemble these words i simply thought of you

i guess i just…

wanted you to know

i have visions too

.see.

June 24, 2017July 9, 2017love, poetryLeave a Comment

all i wanted was to come into your life

like a poem

and make your heart beat quick

with every word

that escaped my lips

with every touch

that lingered on your skin

and have you see me

as someone you could no longer live without

and have you see me

as someone you wanted around

and have you see me

.stone.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017inspiration, poetryLeave a Comment

i could tell that he wanted to mold me

but he didn’t seem to know

that i was less like clay

and more like stone

see it’s not that i am hard

or that i am cold

but i know who i am

i won’t just do as i’m told

.searching.

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017love, poetry4 Comments

i like to watch your fingertips

as they search my skin

i’m not sure

what it is you’re looking for

but god

i hope you find it

in july of 1877, a man named L.L. Zamenhof created a language called Esperanto, which translates to “one who hopes”. he wished to bring those from different countries together and create peace among them. during the first world war, a territory composed of many Esperanto speakers was referred to as “an oasis in a desert of destruction.”

in the peaceful language of Esperanto, ilekso means holly. i stumbled upon Esperanto a few years ago while translating my name into different languages, as one may do when desperately trying to create a new username for social media. the history and the meaning behind the language fit seamlessly with my beliefs, my goals, and my practices. and so my new identity was born.

i have come to realize that my purpose in this world is to care for others and to create my own sort of oasis, a space that is safe for everyone to express themselves freely and feel significant in their own lives. i am consumed each day by the joy, love, and beauty in the world and i am determined to spend my life spreading it around to anyone who needs it.

i am ilekso.