You were a white princess, a vision in satin,
Sweet champagne exploding on your tongue. How soon after
the winds started to change, their banshee howls
Ushering the scent of decay into your days.
How soon after love’s caresses started to leave bruises.
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Katarzyna Popiel
A translator, a writer. Two languages to reconcile, two countries called home.
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Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 days ago in Critique
Comments (5)
Woah! What a contrast between the opening and closing lines! Hard to make such a successful pivot in a short piece, but you made it look easy!
Innocent beauty meets the ugliest of souls. So sad yet nicely done Katarzyna!
Turned with that wind. Nicely done.
Ah, very sad, indeed! How things change! Well done, Katarzyna!
Oh. This was a portrait of life in a poetic nugget. Excellent.