Olga Valerevna

Olga Valerevna Jan 2020

and I asked for The Sun to live in my heart
to Illuminate every single part
to melt any anger or evil that was
to sow only goodness back into my blood

and I asked for The Moon to grant me His Peace
to let me take rest and find Hope when I dream
to put me in oceans at highest of tide
to give me the strength that I need in this life

and

I asked for Your Spirit to humble my days
to take only that which I must give away
to dwell on this earth the way foreigners do
to carry Your Message and come back to
You

“Просите, и дано будет вам; ищите, и найдете; стучите, и отворят вам; ибо всякий просящий получает, и ищущий находит, и стучащему отворят.”
‭‭От Матфея‬ ‭7:7-8‬

Olga Valerevna Jan 2020

The Last Time

I wanted to sleep but tomorrow
kept waking me up with a sigh
“the last time you cry,” said my Spirit,
“it will be the last time you cry.”

I started to drift into dreaming
and could not be shaken today
I made my way out of the darkness
“okay, it’s okay, it’s okay”

in the voice of my Dedushka, “it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay.”

Olga Valerevna Jan 2020

What Source are we?

I’ve looked up at the stars enough to see they’re made of dust
but when I close my eyes tonight, they’ll start becoming us
we’ll mold their every pattern into meaningful array
and write them on our bodies while we justify decay
if this defines our magic, let my limbs to not exist
I’d rather be awake than mock The Hands that whisper, “Give.”

“Я говорю: поступайте по духу, и вы не будете исполнять вожделений плоти, ибо плоть желает противного духу, а дух — противного плоти: они друг другу противятся, так что вы не то делаете, что хотели бы. Если же вы духом водитесь, то вы не под законом. Дела плоти известны; они суть: прелюбодеяние, блуд, нечистота, непотребство, идолослужение, волшебство, вражда, ссоры, зависть, гнев, распри, разногласия, (соблазны,) ереси,”
‭‭Послание к Галатам‬ ‭5:16-20‬

Olga Valerevna Jan 2020

A Soul for Salvation

the age-old question once again, came knocking on my wall
“what is the point of being here if there is one at all?”
I took it then, upon myself, to follow answers through
and found myself on humbled knees, gone inching back to You

I thought about the stories I was writing in my head
and traded them for every Word You had to say instead
I gathered all the pages of The Book You gave to me
and saved them like a salve I know my Soul will always need

“В сердце моем сокрыл я слово Твое, чтобы не грешить пред Тобою. Благословен Ты, Господи! научи меня уставам Твоим.”
‭‭Псалтирь‬ ‭118:11-12‬

Olga Valerevna Dec 2019

The Fruit of Winter

should I liken myself to a story
I’d ask to be holding the pen
I would wait for Your Spirit to move me
so I could write freely again

should I liken myself to a season
I’d surely be Winter — defined
I would capture Its cold with my body
and dance with the Snow in my mind

should I liken myself to a harvest
I’d sow only seeds made of Truth
I would humble my heart in Your Presence
and reap every Winter, Your Fruit

“Не обманывайтесь: Бог поругаем не бывает. Что посеет человек, то и пожнет: сеющий в плоть свою от плоти пожнет тление, а сеющий в дух от духа пожнет жизнь вечную.”
‭‭Послание к Галатам‬ ‭6:7-8‬ ‭

Olga Valerevna Dec 2019

Prelude to The Author

The Truth about The Author is impossible to know
without admitting weakness for your character to sow
if there be any question that your person begs to ask
then lay it at the Feet of Love and pray for Words to pass
the more that you are humbled by Intention’s Purest Form
the less you’ll be inclined to follow wickedness conformed
The Truth about The Author makes it possible to grow
to reap from the Beginning with a conscience deep in woe

“Итак умоляю вас, братия, милосердием Божиим, представьте тела ваши в жертву живую, святую, благоугодную Богу, для разумного служения вашего, и не сообразуйтесь с веком сим, но преобразуйтесь обновлением ума вашего, чтобы вам познавать, что́ есть воля Божия, благая, угодная и совершенная.”
‭‭Послание к Римлянам‬ ‭12:1-2‬ ‭