Bonsai of Thoughts: Twenty-six

1. If the person who talks too much
suddenly falls silent,
don't ask them anything;
time heals even the deepest wounds!

2. She said,
you've changed so much!
I replied,
you're the one who told me to change,
so why this resentment now?

3. Don't laugh at someone's sorrow.
Even when their grief passes one day,
their hatred for you will remain!

4. Don't go to heaven,
who will look after you there?
Instead, touch me;
this body carries so many sins!

5. Looking into my eyes like that,
what do you see?
The sky after rain does look beautiful!

6. Until those excessive expectations arose,
we two were quite happy together!

7. Hide those lips of yours!
People are so cruel,
they keep kissing with their eyes
until the bleeding starts!

8. Seeing her trembling lips,
I first learned to remain silent...!

9. If you're afraid to come close,
don't meet my eyes.
If you do, death is inevitable!

10. Today all dreams have turned false,
all desires have remained unfulfilled.
If you want to stay alive,
today you need only some misunderstandings!

11. I'm waiting for life's final pages...
They say the ending is usually good!

12. For whom am I suffering so much?
For the one who today has turned my dreams
into someone else's reality?

13. Last night's moon was just like you!
The same smile, same beauty, even the same habits!
That's why, despite trying hard, I couldn't touch it!

14. How to live, how to arrange life—
we know all that too.
Some dream-touched moments still remain,
otherwise we wouldn't understand the work of living so poorly!

15. Today all my tears together
asked me,
What's the matter, tell us? Why do you call us every day?
I replied, Why do you come when called? I call because you come!

16. The time that looked at me and mocked,
I want its punishment.
Let all lies about my happiness end!

17. What good is putting the whole world in your pocket
if you keep your mind buried in a well?
What does it matter to be the owner of all wealth
if the soul remains so poor?

18. I recognize the sound of your footsteps coming and going.
When your feet carry the sound of departure,
don't speak the lie of staying!

19. When "thanks" and "sorry" pop like corn from a friend's mouth,
I know the friend's mind is elsewhere!

20. You saw blood on my feet, not chains!
I saw chains on your feet, not blood!
Does a chain that draws no blood truly bind?
Does blood that needs no chain ever restrain?