IULIANA PAȘCA

IULIANA PAȘCA

Love

On the island that doesn't exist

the branches spin

together with the entire planet

– the infinity of the universe –

a carousel

animated by the wings with which

the child embraces his mother.

Apocatastasis

Far is the West Lake

with the snake-woman

captivated

for eternities in the tower.

Feelings are forgotten,

only shadows remain

in a darkened corner

of the universe.

Passing

like fleeting memories,

ephemeral echoes evoking

the love of a devil

for the earthly angels.

The weighing scale of Anubis

will break

under the burden of the heart,

the whole universe will rise

to the expectations of heaven;

the waters shall flood the tower,

liberated, the snake-woman will end

the apocalypse

that began at her birth.

Search

Do not search for me on Facebook,

I'm going where the stones have souls.

Every spring

you shall find emotions

in the water that awakens;

listen to its story, it has read stones

written by the truth seekers.

When you'll miss me,

look at the calmness of the trees

and the twining of the branches;

search in the springs,

in forests and in the rain,

they will whisper about loneliness

and the life's purpose.

You shall find me

in texts written in blood,

in clouds,

shadows

and wilderness.

Watch and listen for a while

then move on,

to comprehend you won't be able

until

the written blood will flow through your veins,

the shadows will return to the clouds

and the wilderness of the soul will be filled

with the sand of the desire to know me.

IULIANA PAȘCA

IULIANA PAȘCA (born on 26th of March, 1991 in Romania), studied Romanian Language and Literature – Chinese Language and Culture at Faculty of Letters, (2010-2014), gaining two scholarships to study in Hangzhou, China (2012-2014). She got her bachelor in Philology with the thesis Madness in Literature. From Diary of a madman of Lu Xun. Graduated (2017) in Conflict Analysis and Management with the dissertation paper Mediation System in Mainland China. She presented a series of research papers such as Diaoyu Islands – a contemporary dispute between China and Japan at the international conference Europe-China Dialogue in Media and Communication Sciences (2016). Active member of literary circles in Romania and overseas, she published in anthologies and literary magazines from Romania, and made her editorial debut with the trilingual (Romanian-Italian-English) poetry volume Reflections of a molecule (2020). She teaches English in Barcelona, Spain since September 2019.