My poems

A curated selection by Ballasi

All of the following poems are licensed under the Free Art License

Lorsque l'on se reverra

La Terre se vide de vie et nos cœurs
Se rident au fil de nos mœurs
Perfide, à qui ai-je menti ?

Je vois les fleurs se faner doucement à mes pieds
Je vois la conséquence de mes actes insensés
Je crois t'apercevoir t'éloigner dans la brume
Et j'ai peur, j'expose toutes mes lacunes

Oh, lorsque l'on se reverra
Dis, voudras-bien tu suivre mes pas ?

Car malgré mes défauts, mes faiblesses
J'essaie en vain d'atteindre mes promesses
Même si, devant moi, des murs se dressent
Je fais le serment
De traverser cette forteresse
Avec humilité et adresse
Chaque jour, chaque pas, je progresse
Grâce à ce serment

La Terre se vide, et j'entends les pleurs
Les signes des âmes dans la stupeur
De vivre anéanti

Tu sais, malgré les effrois
Un jour, tu te réveilleras

Car malgré mes défauts, mes faiblesses
J'essaie en vain d'atteindre mes promesses
Même si, devant moi, des murs se dressent
Je fais le serment
De traverser cette forteresse
Avec humilité et adresse
Chaque jour, chaque pas, je progresse
Grâce à ce serment

Fais-moi la promesse d'être toi
Lorsque l'on se reverra
Ici-bas
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Wounds

Mending wounds
Candles on the ground
Illuminates the place

You foresee
The bit I can be
Embraced in this small space

The few I should know
Before I see the crow
Is how much I owe
To the few that taught my soul
During my life as a whole
How much lives are sole

Mending wounds
Candles on the ground
Illuminates the place
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Me

I see all my friends
Watch their nightmare end
I wonder 'bout me
Everlastingly

They don't see the mist
Still I can't resist
To let darkness in
And pray for my sin

Alas, I try my best
It gazes, the eagle's nest
In spite of storms and rains
I'm still sealed to these chains

I feel the teardrops
I wish it all stops
I don't feel so free
I want to be me

I don't feel so free
I want to be me
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不要说话

Staring at the city lights
I know these will be long nights
For now I said nothing
But I know they are coming
And I tell myself
《不要说话》

Spirits surrounding me
They move like an angry sea
After all they did flee
I don’t know what I’ve to see
And I tell myself
《不要说话》
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Afraid Of You

My humble boat is sailing
To places I’ve never been
This new place is unveiling
Is this where I begin?

My humble boat is sailing
And I’m not sure where I’ll land
Gradually, wind is wailing
Is this where it all ends?

Hearing the strong lightning
Seeing the waves crashing
I know this is all new
I’m afraid of you

My humble boat is sinking
My lungs fills up with water
I feel my eyesight shrinking
Are these my last hours?

My humble boat is sinking
Pulling the decisive thread
Although I persist to sing
The tune stuck in my head

Hearing the strong lightning
Seeing the waves crashing
I know this is all new
I’m afraid of you

My spirit slips away
Leaving behind the truth
Waiting for a new day
I’m afraid of you

Sometimes I’d like to pause
It would help to push through
And continue because
I’m afraid of you

Hearing the strong lightning
Seeing the waves crashing
I know this is all new
I’m afraid of you

And when it’s all over
That it’s all discovered
It’s time for something new
I’m afraid of you
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Turtleless

My pond is turtleless
I know that, nonetheless
It’s just a matter of time
To grow bigger and be sublime

My pond looks turtleless
And the others keep stress-
ing the fact that there should be
Although, it does not feel like me

My pond seems turtleless
It feels like it’s a mess
And I’m just standing there, wet
A tired look and an empty net

My pond is turtleless
For I should not repress
My ecosystem’s balance
I finally found the absence
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Treehouse

Upon the hill you'll see
The house we built on this tree
Out of oak planks and rough ropes
The young age of dreams and hopes

With dirty arms and soiled clothes
We traveled lands and meadows
Hunting for a lone home
Where animals freely roams

You and I on this treehouse
Running away to the deck
You and I on this treehouse
Drifting slowly to a wreck

Hunting for a lone home
Where animals freely roams

Freely roams
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Whales

Take a look above
See what we've become
Time is passing by
Dreaming of days gone by

Whales beyond the street
It feels bittersweet
Take a glance around
Is this really your town?

All that we wished for
Feels left past the shores
Time is passing by
Dreaming of days gone by

A surreal set
It's all that we get
I wonder what's next
Is this just a pretext?
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