GALINA ITALYANSKAYA

GALINA ITALYANSKAYA

Summer

Summer, sunlight, warm and calm

Berries in the grass

All the world is in my palm

Specially for us

On the surface of the lake

Covered with a mist

Neither doubt nor mistake

Ever could exist

Someone earns his daily bread

Being taught by God

Somewhere people, going mad,

Shed their brothers' blood

As for me I take a chance

Spend my idle day

Staring high to catch your glance

Listening if you say

There's no matter for complaint

One may spend and spare

I can be a holy saint

I can trade in shares

I can paint my life in verse

I can break or mend

All is senseless just because

Nought is in the end

Have no power to forget

What I am and seem

Like an asymptote of that

Which I call my dream

As if looking through the lens

At the changing shape:

Winter, darkness, iron fence

Nowhere to escape

If

What I have heard of love

Sounds like a try to flee

If I'm good enough

Then you will be with me

If in the shine of stars

A supernova seems

You will decide at last

If you believe my dreams

What do you need to fall

In or out of love -

Me as some kind of girl

Nice or unsuited stuff?

Each my step to the right

Just as one to the left

Looks as a step aside

I'm suspected of theft

Maybe I steal your time

Maybe I'm worth not much

Not much more than a dime

Ten a penny and such

Didn't you guess it hurt?

Now I'm the only one

Next time your broken heart

Sings to me 'love has gone'

Your vacillating voice

Echoing through my mind

Asking if I'm not yours

Doubting if you are mine

Your hesitation is tough

My everlasting grief

What do you mean by love

When you repeat your 'if'

Is it your fear of pain

Made you unsure of us

Doing its best to stain

Things that elude your grasp?

Speaking of love, I thought

It is invariancy

If you can love or not

Then it's not you and me

Beware Of Love That You Cannot Touch

Beware of love that you cannot touch with your hand,

No matter how smart and beautiful it appears.

You fall in there and build your castle on the sand.

Be cautious, or you will end up in bitter tears.

A lonely stranger, you've lost your road in the dark.

If only you met a signpost or saving light,

The warmth of a friendly shelter, a humble shack

To take a little rest and break through the night.

The sky above would be empty without the sun,

The moon and the twinkling sparks of the other worlds.

But here they are to continue their endless run

And show the way and kismet to young and olds.

They highlight, what is around and who we are.

We raise our heads and stare at them from the mire…

You follow me everywhere as your guiding star.

But I'm just an ignis fatuus, foolish fire.

Oh, crazy guy, you are breathing with your mirage

And who am I to advise you to hold your breath?

It may be fatal, you are half drowned in the marsh...

Yet there are things more important than life and death.

You carry on. You'll never give up your way.

You tread your path regardless the type of soil.

Who knows, maybe all the suns are to lead astray,

While foolish dreams are to save your tenacious soul.

GALINA ITALYANSKAYA

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GALINA ITALYANSKAYA, 42 y.o., born in the USSR in a small northern town, now living in Russia with her children and working as an English teacher. Since the early childhood she’s been in love with nature: dense forests, rivers and lakes, mountains and seas. Actually, its beauty surrounds her all her life. She has travelled a lot, and it is always a source of inspiration. Her other interests are photography and art. She loves to draw pictures, and she hardly can imagine going on a trip or just for a walk without a camera. Galina has written poetry since her school years. About 10 years ago she composed her first poem in English, inspired by her friend from abroad. And thanks to poetry she’s found many good friends all over the world. In 2015 she joined “Poets Unite Worldwide” group, and some of her poems were published in their anthologies.