PETROUCHKA ALEXIEVA

 

 

The Train Of Love

“Every train has its own passengers”

 – Bulgarian proverb

 

Swallow your tears, girl.

I will wipe out one,

you swallow the rest.

Don’t cry. Get up!

Tears give wrinkles and shadows,

and darken the face.

 

Don’t cry. Your train

to the City of Love

haven’t arrived yet.

You are too early on this station.

So, wait. The weather will change,

the sun will be bright,

all wagons will shine.

 

They will be so cushy and sweet;

thus, you can sleep in the palms

of your significant one

who will make you laugh.

Your real-life trip

will be full of love, real love

that will put smile on your face

and grow butterfly wings

on your heart.

-        All the way to the last destination.

 

I know, with time,

we all will wrinkle a bit, get droopy chicks

and maybe we’ll have not the same smile.

Oh, never mind! Never mind!  

You are so young!

Your happy LOVE train will arrive.

See, you already smile.

That means, the true love

is somewhere nearby

looking for you.

Don’t cry, pretty girl...Just smile!

 

Let’s Not Hurry The Morning Light

 

Tonight, the stars

Are coming down from the sky

Slowly, slowly…

They are not lending on the ground;

They just hang above us

Lighting the path of love.

 

Give me your hand;

we can fly among them

Against all laws of gravity.

Fly, fly, fly with me

Towards the shimmering sky.

Fly, fly high. Waltz with me

Among distance comets

And swirling galaxies.

 

Fly with me above the silver clouds,

Above the cities,

Above the sleeping meadows.

Fly with me until

the opal mist lifts up;

Until the silky breeze starts

Weaving fables in your hair.

 

We have plenty of time

To share our love.

The night just began.

Let’s not hurry the morning light.

 

In The Wild River Of Love

 

I dive in the risky river of love,

I dive deeper and deeper,

swirling in the dam of feelings;

twisting among

bottom stones of my sins;  

jumping from cliffs

of emotional waterfalls.

 

I survive the rough waters

with floating crushed ice,

and the risky thin crust

of all frozen lakes of regrets.

My heart learned to hibernate

while passing pillows

of uncontrollable emotional lava.

 

I know, whatever it takes,

I always survive

in the wild River of Love.

 

PETROUCHKA ALEXIEVA

 

Miss PETROUCHKA ALEXIEVA: “You must face life obstacles with strength and dedication, but healthy dosage of humor is the best weapon to survive” (P. Alexieva). Ms Alexieva is known as a well-developed LOVE poetry and a feminist writer, a guest-lecturer, academic mentor, key note speaker, TV talent and a highly recognized scholar. She was first published at age of 16 in the national poetry magazine “Rodna Rech”, Bulgaria. She is a Cum Laude graduate at CSULA (2009) and “All American Scholar Award“recipient (2008). She is a life-time member of four distinguished scholar societies. Ms. Alexieva’s poems appeared every Wednesday on ”Daheli Live!”  TV show. Ms. Alexieva speaks 8+ languages. Her literary, scholarly and photo-documentaries were highlighted in academic publishing, anthologies, feminist magazines, newspapers, opening ceremonies and numerous open mics in USA, Australia, Hungary, Romania, Transylvania, Bulgaria. Her lectures and poetry writings include, but not limited to ethnic cultures, ethnomusicology, and Japanese Tanka, as well. Most of them relates to women in traditional perspective, gender identity and contemporary feminism. She worked tirelessly with gifted and talented children – in ICAF, NASA, Visa Olympics and more. For her outstanding life-long honorary achievements, Ms. Alexieva’s name was included two times among the most distinguished Earth’s citizens list of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (2003) capsule and Science Laboratory Rover (2011) list, for which she has awarded with honorable certificates, as well. Her poem “My Gypsy Soul” dedicated to Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, was recently selected for “Message in the Bottle" program of NASA's Europa Clipper Mission.