Saturday, July 24, 2021

Romeo's charm

Impress me with your words
impress me with your laugh
impress me with just thoughts
I don't care whose thoughts those are

Like my puzzled jokes
break my twisted codes
I'm gonna make you try real hard
to prove you're not another blonde

Guys growing beards and riding bikes
to get to the Apollo's throne
framing degrees and buying fat
to look like new age warriors

Relax Juliet
pretend it's your lucky day
I didn't come to hear your truth
I came to win this game.



Rene Magritte, The Art of living.




Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Lightholder's curse

Light holders would simply be highly sensitive humans aka regular people who have become rare species due to extremely soul sucking cultural environment. When in their fully empowered mode, they are able to learn, create, invent, share ideas and stuff, but when drained/victimized, they turn into human zombies. They can easily switch from one to another depending on their surrounding. In whichever mode they are, the following should be true (unless there's brain damage, illness or drugs involved):

- they never put themselves in the first place, always reflecting about how their actions affect others
- they don't follow the majority and don't feel comfort in conforming
- popular opinions and trends don't impress them
- money is never the most important aim or priority
- they either can't fall in love and be impressed, or the opposite: they fall in love instantly
- loyal to their interests, ideas, people
- they will sometimes destroy their own peace and well being to do what they feel is right
- the emotional intensity they carry is something they must learn to cope with for a good cause
- because the world is the way it is and their imagination is something else, they will often feel out of place
- the most important thing they will learn is to love themselves 
- spirituality is a natural part of who they are since forever
- people easily stick to them cause they seem to be easy to get along with, are good listeners, but they are also easily left behind due to their high awareness, unexpected stubbornness, and intuition that shakes the unspoken.
- they tend to avoid conflicts because of the emotional overload and because they know that if they let themselves in, they would seriously cross their own moral boundaries
- pacifists by default, aggressive reaction can happen as a response to direct aggressive attack
- they tend to struggle with guilt and are natural perfectionists, must learn to overcome both 
- they may struggle with some kind of phobia, compulsive behavior, anxiety, etc.
- they use humor to hide their disappointment and occasional pessimism 
- they are extremely compassionate toward those who are not able to stand for themselves 
- don't understand the motivation behind exploitative and manipulative behavior and are unable to tolerate it
- no toleration for verbal and non verbal violence, grotesque, perversion
- even when they seem completely superficial, they constantly wonder about the cause and the effect of all that is happening and have strong interest for universal questions
- find pleasure in unusual ideas and stories
- lying feels completely unnatural, suck at playing social roles
- they cry out of rage/disappointment, helps them restore instantly 
- they struggle with tolerating everyday routine even if they have their own little rituals that keep them calm 
- think fast but also wander off fast
- they have no trouble admitting when being wrong and easily forgive people they love
- patience is another huge life lesson, although they regularly put aside their own needs in favor of others. They must learn to discern having healthy boundaries from being uncompromising, those will be tested for sure. 
- as much as they are individualists, they are at their best when among their own kind; this is where their flexibility, creativity and humility shine through

Because of all this they tend to spend many life stages alone and walk through many storms alone, but it helps them to find the meaning they've been searching for their entire life. They must find healthy catalysts of their own inner worlds and emotions and this is how they will gain satisfaction without compromising who they are. Because of all this, they will always be soul sucker's target. The good part is that they heal easily and can recognize like-minded, especially when they learn to discern through life. Bad news is it doesn't happen as often as they would think, because the light holders aren't used to being people seekers as their mission isn't to follow implicit social rules. It is both their blessing and their curse, but once they see where they come from, instead of worrying to find the missing puzzle and numbing their spirit, they will start creating their own doors to become the light they are. It get's dark every once in a while and every living spark counts. 

Hope you'll find your doors or that you have found them already.
<3

“We are mirrors whose brightness is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.”
C.S.Lewis






Wednesday, June 23, 2021

The show

Like a child you insult
men you couldn't buy
men who couldn't love you
friends who couldn't lie

I wasn't there to bargain love

In your secret cave
you bandage your wounds
cursing on friends
who have seen the blood on walls

I'm not here to clean those

You'll deny guilt
you'll dismiss the past
you'll blame the audience
for what couldn't pass

I'm not here to take the blame

I've sought for love, not trade
it's a harder path to take
who knows how many hearts
you've traded and shamed

I'm not here for the show

The Law takes care of all
of each mortal from day one
everyone should read its warning
don't eat fruit with lying tongues

I'm not here to spoil it

that one's on you




Heathers, 1988









Friday, June 4, 2021

Her

I  want to walk by you
and be unrecognizable
unidentified
and untouchable.

So you cannot know me
owe my existence
so there is no ''me''
there is no more ''her'' for you.




artpal.com


Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Dvosjekli mač

Onaj koji dođe
do oslobođenja od straha
prošao je kušnje
rođene iz pakla
ne poželi nikada 
hrabrost takvu
u kojoj se sam đavo
ne umije zabaviti.

Ta što ne kleči
pred sjajem od zlata
jučer je spoznala
njegovu hladnoću
i nema više želja
za rajem na zemlji
ne žali nikada
ravnodušnost takvu.








Monday, May 10, 2021

The trail

Do you remember the road
asked the wind
it made me think of an old friend.

The desert looks familiar
so do palms at the horizon

The trail doesn't last 
there's no way back home.

Do you remember the road
asked the wind
and it made me think of you.

The sunlight's a time traveler
and my shadow floats in peace

There are palms behind this silence
there was something before all this

Do you remember the road
asked the wind
and I could just tell you too were there.










Saturday, May 1, 2021

L'amour endormi

La nuit dernière
Tu m’as rendue visite dans mon rêve
Pas comme un étranger
Dans mon rêve on se connaissait.
 
La nuit dernière
Je te caressais comme un enfant
On n’avait pas besoin de parler
Dans mon rêve on s'aimait.
 
Et le matin suivant
Tes cheveux m'a manquée
Parmi mes doigts
Le matin, 
l'amour nous manque.


Candy, movie (2006.)


Monday, April 19, 2021

Empty storytellers

How to detect empty storytellers?

We have all met very capable people who are able to create and operate such rich conversation that it seems to be a hard task following them. You might doubt your own mental capacities while overestimating theirs. How to detect empty storytellers from eloquent wise men?

- these people lead never ending and non conclusive monologues

- they repeat themselves (specific memorized phrases and everything they've learned that had certain impact on the listeners)

- they don't ask or expect from you to be active in a conversation, and they don't leave much space for other people's opinions

- they can be very eloquent and sometimes rude when interrupting and not giving attention to other peoples parts, in the same time pointing out this same behavior when it comes from someone else

- negative and judgemental approach (they always know better) 

- during such discussion, you usually forget what was the purpose of the meeting or the given conversation

- they use every situation to reproduce their monologue about their ''high capacities and morals''

- for some reason, they gladly participate in irony and sarcasm but are unable to enjoy in any different kind of humor, so they rarely enjoy the ''innocent laugh''

- there is no fruit from their talk, no work, it's always a status quo

- you feel tired after their presentations and monologues, you have no will to participate in such meetings and ''conversations'' further more

- they observe everything through certain self entitlement and pride, not giving anyone a credit for their own originality, taste or effort

- they offer help simply to be considered as a  ''provider of help'' - no true compassion or selfless aim

- they proudly accentuate  they follow rules, which they really don't - they use laws and rules argument  to stay far from any real action and intervention; and if they do follow the rules obediently ever, it is only for their own self interest and promotion; there is also no natural and intuitive distinction between good or bad, so they are obsessed with pointing things on golden paper.

- they are usually successful in what they want to accomplish since they are obsessed with their social role/status, even if they promote the exact opposite attitude.

- they are natural liars, not easy to detect immediately either

 

How to deal with these people in family, work and social life/How to defend yourself?

Do not participate in discussion - if you're already there, let them speak, but don't let them drain you. Your every attempt to take a place as an equal interlocutor will cause a frustration. Minimize the opportunities to interact with them. Use short and neutral sentences. Stick to the obvious facts. Be too busy to participate in these discussions and meetings. Agree and then move on to your own thing. If they insist on demoralizing younand others, while making themselves the managers of the topic, offer to pass on to them authority and responsibility to solve certain problem. Write down everything you do so you can not be victimized by their gaslighting. If you do feel weakened and they continue to drain, you have the right to say this anytime: I have to interrupt because I don't feel well from this conversation. I do have all the facts now cleared up. Thank you and goodbye. 

Just keep the emotions low from predators and breath deeply. You are not obliged to serve their own needs even when they do their best to justify it. 

The emotions are always their food.

Be blessed and stay sane.


Wizard of Oz, 1939.


Saturday, March 27, 2021

The beach

I watched the hometown beach
and it didn't belong to me 
the moment was right there
but the moment was a dream.

I dreamed about planes
but the dream was only dream
and the moment I woke up
I wished I'd really left the streets.

I've made a plan for my soul
and the plan completely leaked
and no matter what I did
it took me back to same old sea.




Painting by Christine Bell


Monday, March 15, 2021

Devaluation

Your hair is like the sea
wild and untamed
and your body smells of roses
gentle like silk, you're so flawless

Your smile is precious stone
one that's rare, it shines through walls
I wish you smiled much more
I wish there were more stones

You're too weird to contain
too cold to hold too close
too easy to reach out for
you're no shinier than most whores



Closer, 2004.