IULIA GHERGHEI

IULIA GHERGHEI

An Imaginary Friend

An imaginary friend?

No, I don't think I had one

The pattern on the curtains scared me though

Rows and rows of monsters perfectly aligned

Waiting for my moment of weakness

Later, the very same curtain will become my princess veil in my daydream play

The monsters got forgotten

But still perfectly lined up

The mirror was my friend by now

There I found my safe place

A dance, a swirl, another pirouet

There I could split up the sad me from

the scared me

Danger lurks in the curtains' folds

A dance, a pirouet, the news about the death of my mother

The news that she was my real mother

The mirror was my single true friend now

Another pirouet and again one more

A perfect swirl

Wings grow on my shoulders

One fluffy stretch and I am next to her

To guide her through the mirrors

Up In Mid Air

Mid April air

Mid April lilac blossoms

Magnolias, pink and fluffy

And chirping songs so vibrant

Trees dancing on the breeze

A promise growing in every soul that breaths

And dreams, oh, how many dreams

Of love and bliss

Mid April air

Enchanted people craving for a fresh start

Hold on to your positions for still another month

Ashes On Waters

Death smells like the sanitizer

The corridors are full of choking people

Choking and coughing

We all are wearing masks

Masks that are pretty much useless

Death is at a sneeze away

They rain down on us hypochlorite compounds

The sanitizer drips from the door knobs

We all wear masks

A carnival should start soon

Death spreads ashes on the waters

IULIA GHERGHEI

IULIA GHERGHEI, Romanian poet of English expression, graduated from University of Bucharest as information technology expert, has published her first poetry collection in 2012 at blurb.com. Prisoners of Cinema Paradiso was edited by Brian Wrixon. She mainly publish her poems on Facebook. She was also published in many e-zines or poetry sites like Destiny Poets, where she received the honour to be chosen Poet of the year in 2012. In 2015 she won the poetry contest of the Blackwater Poetry group on Facebook. She was part of many anthologies, one of them being The Significant Anthology, anthology edited by Koshy A V and Reena Prasad. În 2020 some of her poems were translated in Turkish by Baki Yiğit in several Turkish literary magazines.