7/29/2024
A dysfunctional landmine
Ominous revelation
Victim of absurd happenings
Continuously defeated by wind and rain
At the threshold to infinity.
Collected poems of Sotirios Nicholas Vakakas Gordon (also known as Nick). Themes include: the beauty of nature, mystical experiences, phantasmagorical revelries and comforting ways to reach an enchanted forest.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
A castle battered by war...
7/25/2024
A castle battered by war
Welkin enshrouded in fire
Lulled towards her vacant beauty
On this forlorn hill, I await the night
Love no longer to be.
A castle battered by war
Welkin enshrouded in fire
Lulled towards her vacant beauty
On this forlorn hill, I await the night
Love no longer to be.
Your diadem is absent...
7/21/2024
Your diadem is absent
Love deludes and shatters
As hope flees again
Skirmishes at the city's edge
Today was colder.
Your diadem is absent
Love deludes and shatters
As hope flees again
Skirmishes at the city's edge
Today was colder.
You are the night...
7/13/2024
You are the night
Undulating moments admonish
Reach a climax but fall so far
Trust no longer
I cannot feel anything.
You are the night
Undulating moments admonish
Reach a climax but fall so far
Trust no longer
I cannot feel anything.
Broken door beyond repair...
7/8/2024
Broken door beyond repair
Shoreline meditations conclude
Pristine hopes of aromal spring
Every time light shimmers,
Rapids gather to conjure chaos.
Broken door beyond repair
Shoreline meditations conclude
Pristine hopes of aromal spring
Every time light shimmers,
Rapids gather to conjure chaos.
You speak enigmas...
7/7/2024
You speak enigmas repeatedly
Colder evenings give futile clues
Nothing attained yet thoroughly exhausted
The doors seem to dissipate
When it rains without ending.
You speak enigmas repeatedly
Colder evenings give futile clues
Nothing attained yet thoroughly exhausted
The doors seem to dissipate
When it rains without ending.
I feel...
7/5/2024
I feel apocalyptic sufferings
Turning down empty alleys
And then into darkness
Where is a beacon for illumination?
Swans skim the runlet.
I feel apocalyptic sufferings
Turning down empty alleys
And then into darkness
Where is a beacon for illumination?
Swans skim the runlet.
Endlessly wounded...
7/4/2024
Endlessly wounded by deceptive arrows
Below an inexorable sun
You still seek liberation
Withdraw from trenches to blighted glories
Those fields of war leave scars.
Endlessly wounded by deceptive arrows
Below an inexorable sun
You still seek liberation
Withdraw from trenches to blighted glories
Those fields of war leave scars.
Abandoned...
7/3/2024
Abandoned to an ineffable wilderness
Clocks collapsing before the firmament
Imposed sufferings emphasized
Self-destruction dress rehearsal
Misanthropic rush of resplendence.
Abandoned to an ineffable wilderness
Clocks collapsing before the firmament
Imposed sufferings emphasized
Self-destruction dress rehearsal
Misanthropic rush of resplendence.
Awaiting the grandeur...
6/30/2024
Awaiting the grandeur
Foregone otherworldly seclusion
Stumbling into delightful malaise
Affinity for comforting eras
Hours of mercy waning.
Awaiting the grandeur
Foregone otherworldly seclusion
Stumbling into delightful malaise
Affinity for comforting eras
Hours of mercy waning.
Time will not stop...
6/29/2024
Time will not stop for you
Lethean waters beside empty buildings
Esoteric lullaby
Redemption through persistent storms
Departure from the tumult of yesterdays.
Time will not stop for you
Lethean waters beside empty buildings
Esoteric lullaby
Redemption through persistent storms
Departure from the tumult of yesterdays.
A forest blazing with lights...
6/28/2024
A forest blazing with lights
Mystic hall of slumbering feelings
Guide me beyond this bleak plane
Your kiss is the sweetest libation
Intoxicated in rapturous turmoil.
A forest blazing with lights
Mystic hall of slumbering feelings
Guide me beyond this bleak plane
Your kiss is the sweetest libation
Intoxicated in rapturous turmoil.
These days...
6/27/2024
These days resonate
Against the poplars and trees
Drifting through rainbows.
These days resonate
Against the poplars and trees
Drifting through rainbows.
It's raining...
6/26/2024
It's raining when you are absent
Fatigued on the outskirts
Longing for sorrow's departure
Dialogue between sun and moon
Heirs of a falling horizon.
It's raining when you are absent
Fatigued on the outskirts
Longing for sorrow's departure
Dialogue between sun and moon
Heirs of a falling horizon.
Leave me here...
6/25/2024
Leave me here
In this dank place
Nothing resembles hope
Works of wonder undone
Ornamented with astral majesty.
Leave me here
In this dank place
Nothing resembles hope
Works of wonder undone
Ornamented with astral majesty.
Recycling old wounds...
6/24/2024
Recycling old wounds
Seeking an exit but lost on a byway
Erroneous intentions eclipsing torrential maladies
An elixir promising infinite euphoria
I only dream of you.
Recycling old wounds
Seeking an exit but lost on a byway
Erroneous intentions eclipsing torrential maladies
An elixir promising infinite euphoria
I only dream of you.
Apocryphal existence...
6/20/2024
Apocryphal existence
Marred by perpetual futility
Formidable storms in June
Long, sweet days
Auroral remnants linger.
Apocryphal existence
Marred by perpetual futility
Formidable storms in June
Long, sweet days
Auroral remnants linger.
Commence with summer...
6/18/2024
Commence with summer
They whisper through days and nights
Bringing doom to this celebration
Cold and desolate
Burn under a golden orb
Swim cerulean waters
Nearing dissolution.
Commence with summer
They whisper through days and nights
Bringing doom to this celebration
Cold and desolate
Burn under a golden orb
Swim cerulean waters
Nearing dissolution.
At dawn...
5/29/2024
At dawn, extinguish shadows
Lullaby for a lost love
Falling so far into unknown realms
You fade away like the breeze
Landscapes scarred by cataclysmic suns.
At dawn, extinguish shadows
Lullaby for a lost love
Falling so far into unknown realms
You fade away like the breeze
Landscapes scarred by cataclysmic suns.
Spirits wander...
6/16/2024
Spirits wander these rooms
Watchful hour defining despair
Everything is still
Miasmatic elements lift azure curtains
Engulfed by dusk.
Spirits wander these rooms
Watchful hour defining despair
Everything is still
Miasmatic elements lift azure curtains
Engulfed by dusk.
Ethereal highway...
6/16/2024
Ethereal highway
Senseless sentiment revealed
Trembling sidewalks deter
Lamenting the arrival of summer
Hallucinogenic afterglow.
Ethereal highway
Senseless sentiment revealed
Trembling sidewalks deter
Lamenting the arrival of summer
Hallucinogenic afterglow.
Towering waterfalls...
6/14/2024
Towering waterfalls,
Ferocious gusts and
Piercing flames
Illuminate a way to unknowing
Release me from all torments.
Towering waterfalls,
Ferocious gusts and
Piercing flames
Illuminate a way to unknowing
Release me from all torments.
Lantern on a street corner...
6/13/2024
Lantern on a street corner
Exposing fear and bygone majesties
Empty words are cold
Requiems for a city below moonlight
The night is closer.
Lantern on a street corner
Exposing fear and bygone majesties
Empty words are cold
Requiems for a city below moonlight
The night is closer.
Yesteryears...
6/12/2024
Haunted tapestry of yesteryears
Where we reveled in amber and honeycomb splendor
Through vast orchards to healing waters
I drown in your embrace
Longing for windswept meadows
Bask in an unearthly oblivion.
Haunted tapestry of yesteryears
Where we reveled in amber and honeycomb splendor
Through vast orchards to healing waters
I drown in your embrace
Longing for windswept meadows
Bask in an unearthly oblivion.
Wander through these decaying streets...
6/12/2024
Wander through these decaying streets
Masquerade in shadows and rain
Storage rooms could shelve our sorrows
Broken staircases will lead to ruin
A distant glimmer near the skyline.
Wander through these decaying streets
Masquerade in shadows and rain
Storage rooms could shelve our sorrows
Broken staircases will lead to ruin
A distant glimmer near the skyline.
In solitudes...
6/11/2024
Submerged in solitudes
These cold depths of dread
So overwhelming.
I think of you somewhere far away
Adorned in tropical flowers and sunlight
Guiding me joyously to empyreal isles.
Submerged in solitudes
These cold depths of dread
So overwhelming.
I think of you somewhere far away
Adorned in tropical flowers and sunlight
Guiding me joyously to empyreal isles.
Reposing here...
6/10/2024
Reposing here in lavender haze
Tranquil reflections amidst fragrant fields
I hold you close as birds move skyward
We swoon and drift like flowers ablaze
Awaiting the glorious dawn.
Reposing here in lavender haze
Tranquil reflections amidst fragrant fields
I hold you close as birds move skyward
We swoon and drift like flowers ablaze
Awaiting the glorious dawn.
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