I Am Svetlana : Writing

Blurred Vision

Blurred Vision

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


I learned it's okay to be disappointed.Even if a love for medidn't have a home in your heart.It couldn't last beyond lustful moments.You caught me sli..
Heartbreak

Heartbreak

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


So utterly sick ofthis word "love."I am sorrythey kept breakingtheir promises,leaving new scars.I am sorrythey never held youthe way youwanted them to..
Silence Partners

Silence Partners

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


People in the snapshots.All dead and goneas we wake and sleep.The sadness felt just right.I bow in gratitude,murmur a blessing forthose who have never..
Poems to Poets

Poems to Poets

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


The late nights of dancing naked,reading poems to poets.They'll never believe its true.I've always had a noisy pen,so I don't destroy this world.Every..
Keyless Prison

Keyless Prison

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


The secret hope we burymakes us brave inbeautiful ways.The moment you met me,I exploded into a million fragments.You stole my speech--let it vanish, l..
Hush, Hush

Hush, Hush

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


I will never forgetthe squeeze of your hand,dirt under the nails.I will hold your namesacred between my teeth,the flavor yourlips left behind.The long..
Sleepy Soul

Sleepy Soul

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


Headstones,carved & fading.Guardingforbidden places.Sleepysouled ghost,expire quietly,silent deaths.Settinganother heartfreeby now.Deathis thelast..
Love Nest

Love Nest

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


We row out into the dark,to the edge of a clear brook.Silence makes waveswhen dream spoke.We both track the stars.We speak lost to sense.We are two lo..
The Man With the Tie

The Man With the Tie

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


After many jumbled days & nights,the man with the tie knewhe would never be gettingto the face of that girl.A scarf loose around his neckand a bra..
They Live With a Sin

They Live With a Sin

A Poem by I Am Svetlana


No--I am doing no harm;though after I heard you were goneI began writing in a notebook--writing about all of them.This time aroundI want to leave it b..