THADDEUS HUTYRA

THADDEUS HUTYRA

1.

A PECULIAR STORY

DURING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE

There is a say the Universe

has a sister mirror universe

and both are meeting

at the so-called Janus point.

Whether you believe or not

in the existence of mirror universe

one thing is certain

there are marvels upon marvels

there, far beyond us.

Oryzeus already mentioned it

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle

Passion, which is not foreign

to modern thinkers.

Sometimes love is

alike Janus point

the mutual correlation

of two souls and bodies

with their counterparts

that frantically feel

they found the right one

in each other.

The world of science discovered

our brains can think

in 11 dimensions

Who knows

perhaps they can decipher

the deepest mysteries

we are still trying to solve.

The irrefutable fact is

the world is accelerating

with its innovations

with ever faster pace.

What we never dreamt of

is becoming the reality

quantum computing

sustainable communities

genomic vaccines

green vehicle technology

precision farming

artificial photosynthesis

deep learning

gathering water from air

one does not know what else.

The pace is rising even faster

highly skilled androids

already thought about

terraforming of Mars

and even colonizing it

with many millions of humans.

Then there shall come

farther space expansions

ghostly seeming to be teleportations

perhaps even light molecules

being used as starships

many more things

one so far read about

in the fairy tales.

Of all of these things, Anne

you are though

dearest to my heart

What I would do

without you

I guess nothing

I would starve.

So let’s dance, Anne

let’s dance

at this very moment

in the face

of the solar eclipse

and its diamond ring.

So let’s also kiss

right now, Anne.

Wow, thank you, my dear

Sweet is your kiss!

Your alluring kiss, Anne

and the NYC skyline

now, when the Moon

is smoothly passing

in front of the Sun

I shall never forget

O! Kiss me again!

Solar eclipse is over

but our love stays, Anne.

You know, your kisses

in this short interval

between the flickering Baily’s beads

and the Sun's diamond ring

were the eternity

and it is my secret

I share with you.

Know it, Anne

the echoes of your words

'I love you’ shall last

till I'll be put to the rest

under the graveyard’s tombstone.

2.

‘ New York City Shrouded in the Mist ‘

Lovers strolling in Central Park

drinking coffee, smiling

Subtle kisses bringing sunshine

in the early morning hours

of NYC shrouded in the mist.

Midtown Manhattan, Lower East Side

Greenwich Village, East Village

Ellis Island, Chelsea, Time Square

Upper East Side, Upper West Side

all of you, O’ New York City

are shrouded in the mist

on that fine morning hours day!

Fashionable ladies, attractive men

all rushing to their jobs

Everybody shrouded in the mist

as much as the magnificent NYC.

The veil of the mist

seems to be threaded

by symphonic diamonds of light

coming from the emerging Sun

enshrouding the whole city.

Central Park, Brooklyn Heights

Queens, Broadway, the Bronx

Staten Island, Kings, Richmond

Lower Manhattan, Hudson River

any place one looks

lovers strolling together

shrouded as if by the wedding veil.

Intensity of the morning

is the harbinger of the coming day

Urban jungle, mind-boggling

the universe of its own

diversities juxtaposed

in a smart, NYC way.

Manhattan unfurled, the magic pearl

the West Side and the East Side

Empire State Building, Chelsea Piers

Woolworth Building, Freedom Tower

Manhattan Bridge, Madison Square

Rockefeller Center, Waterside Plaza

all shrouded in the morning mist.

O’ New York City, my greatest lover

you, so subtle like a woman

so intense like a man

yet you are many millions of us

shrouded by the Stars and Stripes!

O’ New York City, you, the symphony

of all the vibrations of life

as nowhere else in the world

you, the spider’s web of love

bursting with life anew and anew.

O’ New York City, shrouded in the mist

O’ New York City, my heartland

from early twilight morning hours

to late night hours of short rest

you are the finest tune of my heart.

O’ New York, New York, New York City

you, the Star-Spangled Banner of America

O’ New York, New York, New York City

shrouded by Old Glory and New Glory

O’ New York, New York, New York City!

3.

'New York City

chiseled in my mind!’

New York, my New York City

you, shrouded in your glory

of the present and the past

certainly also forever.

Enshrined by the Sun’s rays

and the very skyscrapers

with the Freedom Tower on top.

How you shine, my dear NYC

as if you were a starship

across the Universe!

Labyrinthine in a delightful way

although to the point

I feel mazed at times

Yet it empowers me

with happiness.

Magnificent Times Square

the Crossroads of the World

dazzles me the most!

Smashing Broadway follows

and its Theater District

the shine of the world!

So many theaters

I have difficulty to choose one

Lyceum, Lyric Theater, Hudson one

Shubert Theater, New Amsterdam one

New Victory Theater, Broadhurst one

Apollo Theater or the Palace one

so many of them, all glittering

like the nightly stars on the sky.

The Broadway classics

feeling like best chocolates

melting in my mouth

The Phantom of the Opera

Jersey Boys, Wicked, Chicago,

Mamma Mia, Annie, Billy Elliot

alongside staggering number

of plays, musicals, symphonies.

New York, my New York City

you, shrouded in your glory

all the time.

On the mornings

when the Sun’s first twilight rays

bring waves of life afresh.

At rainy times

when you are

fogged in the mist.

At quiet nights

when you are shrouded

by the sky’s starry crown.

Always you are there, splendid

in your endless magics

Your glory far reaching

never ever ending, forever.

For you are chiseled in my mind

my beautiful NYC

Chiseled in stone

and greatness of your spirits

O! New York City

chiseled in my mind!

O! New York City

how I am stunned, flabbergasted!

For it is you, New York City

you, my spirits, my soul!

4.

‘ Symphony of New York ‘

There you are, you, my charming goddess in my life

enchanting one of such unearthly, crystalline beauty

that when you walk out with me, with all your charms

all the birds there are yet left are singing song of love.

Every time we stroll in enthralling Manhattan

alongside the Hudson river and Atlantic shores

walking in ravishing Central Park or just sitting in a cafe

there is heard song of love all over New York City.

The symphony of our love, of our two hearts

echoes from a skyscraper to a skyscraper, to all skyscrapers

and the whole New York City becomes a final symphony

one of love and only of love, of our loving hearts

O' play the symphony of New York, play to our hearts

turn all New York City into the symphony of love.

O' Lord, my Lord, how I am sincere thankful to you

You brought such beauty into my life, captivating one

the woman I love with all my heart, my passionate heart

she is my lover, my meaning of life, my very life.

O' Lord, my Lord, great are your gifts greater than life

What would I do without her, my sweetheart

how miserable would be the world without wonders as her ?!

O' sing angels, play the symphony of love !

The symphony of our love, of our two hearts

echoes from a skyscraper to a skyscraper, to all skyscrapers

and the whole New York City becomes a final symphony

one of love and only of love, of our loving hearts

O' play the symphony of New York, play to our hearts

turn all New York City into the symphony of love.

5.

‘ New York, New York City ‘

New York, New York City

you, the dazzling Melting Pot

with never ending dreams

and the reality splendid in all images

there can ever be projected

on the screen of life, the NYC life

You, America’s Tower of Babel !

New York, New York City

you, the vibrating town

of diligent men and women

at work, in love, family life

busy in shaping destiny

under the NYC hilarious skies

You, the scenic Big Apple !

To this generous, life-giving city

I yearn, my Lord

To those soaring skyscrapers

flirting with the NYC skies

I yearn, my Lord

To this city of eternal life

where my soul settled permanently

I yearn, my Lord

To this city of humanity’s best

I yearn, yearn, my Lord !

New York, New York City

you, the hub of day and night activity

for the noble New Yorkers

descendants of immigrants

from four points of the world

fulfilling their goals

You, the Center of the Universe.

New York, New York City

you, with your Broadway Theaters

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Empire State Building

many more wonders

all bringing expressions of pride

upon faces of New Yorkers.

To this generous, life-giving city

I yearn, my Lord

To those soaring skyscrapers

flirting with the NYC skies

I yearn, my Lord

To this city of eternal life

where my soul settled permanently

I yearn, my Lord

To this city of humanity’s best

I yearn, yearn, my Lord !

New York, New York City

you, my childhood in Central Park

unforgettable Bronx Zoo

the Village, Circle Line

Museum of Modern Art

and Guggenheim one

You, the city of my true love.

New York, New York City

I am your troubadour

adventurer with the torn soul

any time when away

feeling then Judas kiss

but when back a happy New Yorker

feeling the presence of thy Lord.

To this generous, life-giving city

I yearn, my Lord

To those soaring skyscrapers

flirting with the NYC skies

I yearn, my Lord

To this city of eternal life

where my soul settled permanently

I yearn, my Lord

To this city of humanity’s best

I yearn, yearn, my Lord !

6.

'There you are, my New York City!’

There you are, my New York City

Splendid, in all my dreams.

There you are, my New York City

Always on my mind!

So busy, crossroads of the world

never ending beauty of my life.

New York, my New York City

you are the shroud of glory

at all times!

New York, my New York City

you are chiseled in splendor!

New York, my New York City

you are sculptured in grandeur!

When walking on your avenues

I am forgetting every day problems.

For you are soothing me

in your so specific way.

I feel calm, as if were born anew

ready for new challenges.

For you are breath, my breath

so much important to me.

New York, my New York City

I can not imagine

I can ever live without you.

I am so much grown in you

a New Yorker with my roots!

Even Alexandra, my best friend

is astonished in my love to you.

Well, you are all what I have

O! New York, my New York City!

There you are, my New York City

definitely always on my mind!

There you are, my New York City

I tribute you forevermore!

THADDEUS HUTYRA

THADDEUS HUTYRA (known also as Tadeusz Hutyra) was born in Poland where he attended schools and begun to study at the prestigious Jagiellonian University of Cracow. Shortly before the emergency state announced by the communist regime on 13th of December 1989 he left Poland in search of a better life abroad. Primarily he intended to emigrate to the United States of America, the goal he was never fortunate to fulfill. Instead he found himself in New Zealand where he lived 5 years and afterwards he had a brief period of travelling across some Asian and European countries, he lived for a while in China and Hong Kong before finally settling down in Belgium. He considers himself a citizen of the world but a dream still remains to visit the USA and also enjoy travelling to Nepal. His mother language is Polish, but mostly he uses English and Dutch in every day life, he knows also Russian language. He has already published some books on Amazon, mostly poems written in English. In addition to it he is active on social media, especially on Facebook and Twitter. He is administrator of a number of poetry groups in Facebook. He also published two poetry books with other authors in Poland as well as his own prose books, also in Poland.