Poems about Vulnerability, Connection

FOR THE FIRST TIME

Words never spoken
letters never sent
feelings not embraced
rules — never bent.

Today I stand alone
with my loneliness and fear
but for the first time 
my own heart... I hear. 

LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace  2006

There can be no vulnerability without risk;
there can be no community without vulnerability;
there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.  
                          —M. Scott Peck

WHEN

When I am done with being right --
And you are done with being wronged
Perhaps then we can speak of something small and bright
That we can both agree upon.

KEVIN TAYLOR
http://hellopoetry.com/kevinjtaylor

A second half of a question

I am a writer
            – too fragile to stand in light
I’m a fighter
            – too scared to lift a sword
I’m a singer
            – with a voice that easily cracks
and a peace maker
            – too scared to end the war.

And I am tired;
            tired, drained and beaten up,
And the only thing
            that looks good to me,
Is to close my eyes,
            lay down and fall asleep,
Leaning toward
            the second half of a question:

                                   To be or NOT TO BE? 

LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace, 2006

TABULA RASA

I am fighting un-winnable fight
with un-conquerable dragons
I am riding a train to  - No End
In invisible wagons

I am hoping for hopeless hopes
dreaming a “never come true” dream
re-building un-rebuildable vision
with foundation of “no self-esteem”

How pathetic, how sad, how cruel
Miserable my life, I’m a fool!
And I went to the top universities
Just to learn that I must – unschool.

Whatever I’ve learned I must forget
Whatever I believed I must erase
Whatever I knew I must ignore
My convictions must go to waste

Tabula Rasa once again
Emptiness, silence, just a gleam of light
Clear, white paper… as pure as a child
letting myself be, and letting God - write.


LILIANA KOHANN
©2004 Artpeace (2/28/04)

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