Cătălina Ene-Onea
(Romania – Germany)
postulate
there is no greater truth than the truth of your thoughts
reflecting upon the mirror of my soul
dancing flying craving together for one last piece of happiness
in the complete symbiosis
of ‘being sure of’ and ‘knowing nothing about’
the color of my dreams whispers your name
in the depth of the morning
painfully caressing my desire
the evergreen child in me awakes
from the rusty sleep it was forced to
and breathes again
through the power of tomorrow
there’s no greater truth than the truth of my new born thoughts
that only yesterday seemed so far and lost
forgotten hidden in the shadow of ‘I wonder’
when all this time they were only
one heartbeat away
recognition
(third-person subjective)
upon the breath of my purple soul
here comes the rain from the depth of tomorrow
love is not a contract
he said
paraphrasing the lyrics of a pop song
she didn’t know back then
and you know what
she thought
he’s right
because
true love
does not make you do things
true love
does not have a validation or an expiration date
true love
is just there for you
whenever you need
to rediscover yourself
in the colors of your own rainbow
true love
is there in you
whispering the lullaby
you want to hear
in the morning of your dreamless night
caressing your shoulders
after a long walk
through the meanders of your restless heart
and
kissing you up into the sky
to places you’ve never thought you’d dream to aspire
eres importante chica
he also said
and by that he’s made her realize that
love does come in different shapes
and is indeed
much more
than words
could ever express
upon the breath of your orange soul
here comes the rain of my purest thoughts
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Cătălina Ene-Onea (*1984 in Romania) is a writer and poet, currently a PhD student at Humboldt University of Berlin (in collaboration with Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. In her PhD thesis she analyzes the myth of Medea in contemporary literature from an intertextual and intercultural perspective. As a free journalist she collaborates with various cultural magazines in Europe and is the author and creator of the permanent column “Cooltura” in the Romanian Magazine “Conştiinţa”.
She writes in Romanian, English, German and Spanish, and has published several books as an author and translator. Over the years she has been distinguished with different awards, among others the “Adrian Marino” Award for Essay Debut, the “Junior” National Award for Literature, offered by the Romanian Writers’ Guild and the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, Medal and Trophy of the “Excelentia 21“ at the International “Nichita Stănescu“ Poetry Festival and the Award for Best Literary Creation of the German Embassy in Romania.
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