My heart is a stranger
I only just met.
A friendly reminder
to make it out of bed.
My heart is a parcel
that waits to be picked up.
A warm sip of coffee
served in a chipped cup.
My heart is a triangle
lost in the Bermudas.
It’s fluent in Turkish
and Spanish, sin dudas.
My heart is the sun, Read more…
Late en el pecho
Late a su ritmo
Late en la noche
Late al despertar
Late de frente
Late con fuerza
Late de paso
Late sin control
Late viajando
Late soñando
Late olvidando
Late macchiato
Late en turco
Late en español
Late en familia
Late al sol
Late poesías
Late labiales
Late verdades
Late ladrillos
Late a primera vista
Y espero que no mate
Late una última vez
Ese que tanto late
Yo no soy
de las que se dan la vuelta
y cierran la puerta sin mirar
atrás.
Soy
de las que la cierran con llave
esperando que haya vuelta
atrás.
Recently, I got myself a new passport. And I kept the old one as a souvenir. When I compare the picture of myself in 2011 with the one in 2021, I think I look pretty much the same on both, except for the glasses. I also seem a little bit more mature on the more recent one, I guess. Even though I might look almost the same, I’m not. From within, I’ve changed on so many levels. Where to start?
Looking at my old and new passport pictures inspired me to write the following letter to myself:
Dear 25-year-old Me,
The past ten years have been challenging. Yet, they’ve been the best ones of our life, so far. There have been down moments. Sometimes months and years can feel like one single extended down moment. But what are the highs without the lows, right?
My dear little self, there’s so much you can look forward to beyond that new pair of glasses. Beyond looks and all those superficialities. There are so many blessings yet to come. You’ll soon get to live in Turkey for 1.5 years. This experience will mark a major turning point in your life. There will be a time BEFORE Turkey. And there will be a time AFTER Turkey. But first, you’ll enjoy every second of your time while IN Turkey.
Upon your return to Berlin, you’ll be fluent in Turkish – a language you’re just starting to get familiar with right now. You’ll also pick up Italian eventually. I know this will motivate you. Because you love languages. And you’ll particularly love the process of getting to learn these as well.
Right now, you might be worried about gaining work experience. Believe me, you’ll get plenty of that. You’ll work in a wide range of fields such as exports, translation, IT and publishing. You’ll change jobs four times within four years and you’ll enjoy a great sense of freedom from being the CEO of your own life. You’ll train to become a writing tutor and feel how things will gradually fall into place if (and only if) they’re meant to be.
Read more…
may the month of may
bring us more love
and less
maydays,
more certainties
and less
maybes
Opciones –
hay muchas.
Las decisiones son
conscientes. Quiero ser tu…
Decisión!
Chocolate pretzels, evening tea
and poetry – the bridge
I’ve been crossing on Mondays.
I remember dreading the first day
of the week, not anymore.
Oh, how time turns tables
into stages. I can’t wait to dance
with you. We’ll take turns leading
by example. The bridge I wish
they all crossed. A word at a time.
La poesía es un puente de cortesía.
Puentesía – as I’d like to spell it out.
Note: This poem was written on the occasion of World Poetry Day and it’s a contribution to the Monthly #WordPrompt.
aNadventures 