Astrella! By Bike To Australia & Back. Maria Grujicic
Like A Sacred Keepsake Box"/>
Telendos, Greece
A living, breathing organism
Like a sacred keep sake box
Contains my secret thoughts
Visits to the poor ole soul
Builds the character of a home
Arrivals and departures in tears
Questions to explore
Over the passing years
Re-inventing sentimental riches
The history four walls keep
Through a castle images seep
A face of preserved forms
Surviving tradition & social norms
Allowing oxygen inside
Nurturing sequential breaths
Fill your house with beauty
& nature’s gifts
Keep it inspired with qualities that
Ignite
It is how interiors are kept
Alight
A Love, A Home, Far Away
Kalymnos, Greece
A Love, A home, Far Away
Abandoned houses
Like empty souls
A castle
Grand and white
Above on the highest
Mountain top
In between
Like an infamous acropolis
With historical flare
And a dispositioned
Love affair
From afar his attention spanned
Greece his rightful land
A life in Australia,
Germany or USA
Only to return to his
Origins
And feel a world away.
How To Find A Shooting Star
Kalymnos, Greece
Stars that govern the night
Span the sky with abundant light
Some are bright, some dimmer
The brightest are not always bigger
Secrets they hold provoke wonder and hope
Could they ever agree?
The dimmer not always further from me
Among the illusion and confusion
Keep your eye on that one star
Follow it through the maze
Keep your interest
Nurture it
And focus your gaze
Study it and before you realize
Time will pass enough
To eventuate a sweet surprise
A faint, quick, sharp
Tear in the sky
Keep it in your thoughts
And make it yours
Miles On Foot
The path of Profit Ilias, Kalymnos
With miles on foot
to school and back
Appreciation
Stemmed from that
The battle between
The generation gap
Life long learners
because of that
Timeless wisdom
Reawakens the dream
Framed treasures
Never to be seen
Unconditional love
is what she taught her
Pondering concepts
of mother and daughter
Take over the kitchen
She doesn’t mind
What makes me, me
& you, you?
She’s one of a kind
A big mess to make and do
With a can do motto
She travels the world
She will always be my girl
Learning To Drive
The Port of Kalymnos, Greece
Spending money
Is like learning to drive
And maneuvering
The path of life
Money
Is governed by the person
You are
& the way it leaves
Your hands
Show me his friends
I’ll define the man
Be a good driver
Is the message she sends
Spend money with grace
And wisdom as your mate
Room For Noise
Lately I want to get up, get out
And shout!
It’s too quiet for my taste.
Considerate beings
Walking on tip-toes
Shooshing me to sleep The opposite of awake Straining my ear to hear The end is near Take me to Greece or Spain Any day There, I see it. A place for noise With noise a comfort zone And a friend Anxiety free noise That has no end A time to sleep, rest and play In between But always, Always room for noise
Places To Rest
There are many places
I can rest on you
Places I like to find
An adventure of an intricate kind
I start my search
Right on the corner
of your shoulder
Like a ball in the slot of my eye.
The point of my head
Makes its bed