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Pandora dO Dec 2012
Music plays throughout the world,
an intriguing composition filled
with millions of different parts
spread all around the orchestral planet.
Pandora dO Oct 2013
A bright new day has started
by the sound of the alarm.
You start with a cup of tea
and a shower to get warm.

After this it's breakfast time,
a slice of bread or two,
while thinking of everything
that, today, you'll have to do.

First drive through busy traffic,
leave early or you'll be late.
Second, spend all day working,
which your family will hate.

Third, have lunch while working still,
as you have no time for rest.
Fourth, you'll be driving back home
through that busy traffic pest.

Fifth, you'll be eating dinner,
prepared by your loving spouse.
Sixth is watching the telly,
sit, all evening, in your house.

Seventh, you'll just go to bed
'cause there's nothing else to do.
Then, after a short night's sleep,
everything just starts anew.

Think about it for a sec,
is this really what you want?
Gonna live a standard life?
Well, I know for sure I shan't.

Want to do things I enjoy,
go wherever Nature goes.
Want to live in happiness
instead of living my woes.

I want to see world places,
not be trapped in my hometown.
I don't want to become known
as the woman with the frown.

No nine to five job for me,
I wouldn't fit the standard.
Though I'd like that cup of tea
to soothe my poor achy throat.
Copyright © 2013
Pandora dO Nov 2012
Mankind found many ways
to keep warm when it's cold.
Burning wood in a fire,
burning coal in a stove
and then burning gas, too.
There's central heating now,
even showers heat water themselves.
and don't forget underfloor heating.
But lately, all I desperately want,
during the cold days late in the year,
is heating in my toilet seat.
© 2012
Pandora dO Aug 2012
His tender voice
caresses my ears.
A lullaby for me.
November 29th, 2011
Pandora dO Sep 2012
There once was a man in Kentucky
who liked sitting up in a tall tree.
But the neighbours, they take
bets on if he'll  break
the same way as  old Humpty Dumpty.
© 2012
I'm bored. Does it show?
Pandora dO Oct 2012
The grass is covered,

with
many mini mushrooms,

tiny umbrellas.
© 2012
So cute! (photo on my tumblr)
Pandora dO Oct 2012
He was so many things.

A man
An artist
An actor
A lover
A friend

But above all
he was a musician,
and a great one as well.

It's time to start
gathering his work
instead of only listening
to dad's collection.
© 2012
Just saw a great documentary on the awesome Freddy Mercury, the man who died just a month before I was born.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
Being rich
doesn't make you happy.
But...
Being poor
doesn't make you happy either.

What does bring happiness
is having enough money
to get by each month.

Not too little,
not too much
but just enough,
with a little to spare,
so you'll have no worries.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
Lying awake half the night because of a terrible itch.
© 2012
One itchy place I can handle, I can ignore that. But when my hand itches, both my arms, my face, my throat, my shoulds and my leg... That's when I feel like I'm going crazy.
Pandora dO Mar 2013
~
brush
               brush
                                brush

Up and down the wall.
For a long stroke, the key
is making yourself as tall
as you can possibly be.

spatter
               spatter
                                spatter

Take care not to spill
as cleaning it is a fret,
it has its own will,
even more so when it's wet.

brush
               brush
                                brush

Now it's almost done,
there're no more walls to do.
Though the paint still has won
as we're all coloured too.
© 2013
Pandora dO Sep 2012
Over there I see
what seems to be
a little mushroom.
Or is it?

It's not very big
and it's not very special,
actually a little plain.
Right?

Wait, what is that?
That looks like a door,
and is that a shed?
What's this?

That there must be
some kind of hinge,
wonder what it's for?
Can I open it?

This special mushroom,
it even has a chimney
and a set of stairs.
Oh how sweet!

There is some
tiny furniture
and a tiny clock.
Where'd you get this?

Inside there are
two grey mice,
A tiny baby and a mom.
They're very cute!

Now, let's close this
special mushroom home
and leave the mice in peace.
*It's a lovely ornament.
©2012 - Inspired by my mushroom ornament :)
Pandora dO Nov 2012
The paint on my paintbrush
may have already dried,

but remember, I did not leave you,
even though I died.
© 2012
A fictional piece, where painting is a metaphor for what is accomplished in life.
These are four of my favourite lines.
Pandora dO Jan 2013
The mystery of life leaves me to ponder how
something so exquisite, per chance, exists
and how it out of such exquisiteness consists.
To Mother Nature I sincerely bow,
oh, how I admire her logic and her twists.
©2013
Taken from my poem about the beauty of Life.
Pandora dO Jan 2013
Go on, go on...

Don't stop but
keep going on,
'cause we need to
keep working
all the day long.

Money doesn't come
to you by itself,
you need to work
and need to earn it.
Otherwise, too bad,
no food and no nothing.


But have you ever stopped?

Stopped.

And listened?
Have you listened
to what your body says?


Have you ever stopped?

Stopped.

And felt?
Have you felt
what your body needs?

Sitting still
and doing nothing,
it might be difficult
but take your time
and take your rest
when you need it.

As when it's too late,
when your body is spent,
when the burnout is close,
what will you do then
besides doing nothing?

No, nothing.
©2013
Pandora dO Sep 2012
No one is stupid.

Everyone has a profession,
So everyone is an expert
in something.

No one is dumb.

Everyone is different,
So everyone is intelligent
in his or her own way.

There are no stupid
or dumb people.

There are only millions
of different people
and we all should accept
each other the way we are.
October 2011
Pandora dO Feb 2020
We are the sprout of a mysterious plant
which takes years to grow and bloom,
and whatever we will turn out to be
we will know once our petals open.

Until then, let's care for our budding flower,
giving her affection, stability, and comfort.
Yet, not so much as to overwhelm her,
lest she might drown in a shower of love.
© 2020
Pandora dO Jul 2012
An ache in my chest
tells me that this is real.
The tears on my cheeks
show what I feel.

Somehow it seems
this pain will never end.
I'd never thought
I would lose a friend.

You were here with me
for fourteen amazing years.
I will remember you always,
with smiles and with tears.

Smiles for the fun we shared,
and tears because I miss you.
It's never gonna be the same.
Tuesday, July 3rd 2012. For our sweet dog.
Photos on my tumblr.
Pandora dO Feb 2020
Endlessly moving in an orbit,
thoughts returning to you anew
as your pull prevents me, completely,
from going anywhere else.
© 2020
Pandora dO Mar 2020
My mind is a wilderness
with no way of disentangling
the mess that is my thoughts.

I struggle with unraveling
the troubles of my soul
as they keep growing unchecked.

I am lost in the thicket,
looking for tools to find my way,
and I wish I dared ask you
for help with finding my heart.
© 2020
Pandora dO Jul 2012
Clothes are streaked with colors,
colors found on every wall.

Some of the colors ended up
in my hair, on my face
or somewhere else on my body.

But also on the walls,
where they belong.

Each color got two walls,
neatly done along the edges.
Or rather,
as neatly as it possible
by human hand.
© 14th, July 2012
I've been painting the walls of my new home, it's awesome.
Pandora dO Oct 2012
At every moment of the day
there is a chance for you
to go somewhere utopian.

Just take a minute
and close your eyes;
imagine that special place.

Find the spot
where you feel at peace;
drown in imagined sounds.

Take a moment to
not think of anything,
find the silence in your mind.

The worries are for later,
now, all you need is rest.
Go to your imaginary haven
and find your peace.
© 2012
My special place always helps me find peace inside...
Pandora dO Sep 2012
Flock of birds flies high,

                 Seems like flowery pollen

                                   carried by the wind.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
There once lived a girl in New York,
she really enjoyed eating pork.
Her friends were disgusted
that she so lusted
after eating pork without a fork.
© 2012
Random...
Pandora dO Jan 2013
His voice is like no relaxation
that I ever experienced before.
Just a few syllables and...
****! I'm already gone.
©2013
Pandora dO Sep 2012
~
Procrastination, it's everyone's least favourite word.
Running around, doing a great many things, but
Of course not that what they were supposed to do.
College might've given you much homework,
Reading book X; chapters two, five and six,
And writing a paper of a thousand words...
So students rather start doing something else.
The house wife might have this problem too,
If cleaning isn't her favourite thing to do.
No, watching the telly is much more fun
And reading a book is also a lot easier
Than walking around the house
In a big frenzy, trying to tidy every room.
Oh, procrastination, many people use you,  
Not that they like you, no way.
~
© 2012
I've procrastinated enough, now, I think. lol
Pandora dO Oct 2012
When October finally arrives,
it suddenly feels
as if autumn has really started.

September suddenly
didn't seem so harsh
and summer seems so far away.

And you realize there's
only two months left
before winter kicks in.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
There's a silence within me.
No words are able to form,
no feelings can be expressed,
as if my head and heart are empty.
Empty of everything sensible
and empty of anything logical.
It's like I'm searching for
the reasonable side of life.

No noise comes from my spirit,
it finds no reason to make any.
The feelings are being pressed away,
thoughts are found useless
and thrown away.

Gone is the sensible,
gone is the logical
and on goes the search
for the reasonable.
April 8th, 2007 - taken from my older collection
Pandora dO Nov 2011
Both are an eyewitness,
both are a crush,
not knowing one likes the other,
thus both wandering off.
© 2007
Pandora dO Feb 2014
The air might feel cold,
but I do not care,
and as a chilly wind
blows through my hair,
I listen to the birds
that sing with great flair.

The seasons are changing,
the cold will pass soon:
that makes me happy
and over the moon.
O,  this happiness inside,
I could almost croon.

Days are more often
filled with the sun.
Warmth slowly follows,
but when the cold is done
none of that will matter
as Spring will have won.
©2014
Pandora dO Jun 2013
Of fair floral fragrances
and these colours all around.
All of it’s encircling me;
by my senses I am bound.
Copyright - 2013 ©
Pandora dO Jul 2013
I walk along the endless shores,
trying to decide whether or not
I should plunge into the depths
of what this world has to offer.

As I step upon the grains of time,
one step more sure than the other,
I wonder what life will bring me
if I continue following this path.

The timeless beach takes me closer
to the next journey across time.
The water is calm and inviting, here,
and I’m curious to know what’s beyond.

The seas of the world are full,
filled with opportunities and chance.
I hesitate to take my lifeboat
to where Life is most unsure.

While the Seas of Life are disturbed
by storms of many lives competing,
I stay afloat closer to quiet shores
where life is still, in harmony with Nature.

Yet, when I meet another Life,
one who’ll guide me along, safely,
I know I’ll follow without a doubt,
as we’re stronger with the two of us.

Together, we’ll cross Life’s oceans
and journey with purpose to our goal.
We’ll share lifeboats and experience
until we reach the end, where we’ll grow old.
Copyright 2013 ©
Pandora dO Sep 2012
"I dreamt
of malls in malls,

and it was awesome."
December 2011
I found this in a dusty corner and found I liked it after all.
Pandora dO Nov 2012
The dark rainclouds
chase away daylight...

Hours earlier than usual.
© 2012
The sun goes down earlier every day, but it seems it's getting dark already now, at 4pm...
Pandora dO Nov 2012
When my youngest brother was born,
I was angry at him before he'd uttered a word.
I was as furious as a little six year old could be,
because he turned out to not be a girl.
Pandora dO Oct 2012
I         can
      only, truly      r  e   l a  x

whenIknowhe's

...home...
Trying to sleep... Wish I'd succeed.
Pandora dO Dec 2012
I wonder why that one half
of my still sleeping mind
has the audacity to say to my bladder:

"You're acting silly, there's no need
to find this bathroom of yours,
we all should just keep sleeping.
No, there's no need to hurry,
you're acting like a child.
You shouldn't seek attention like this.
Just go back to sleep,"

while I just,
really really really badly,
need to take a ***.
Pandora dO Aug 2012
There's a numb feeling
pushing out all my thoughts.
It almost makes me believe
that I'm not smart.
Because smart people think
all the time, right?

Heavy limbs block the way
to working and having fun.
I try my hardest, to no avail.
I must not be smart.
Because smart people know
how to let their body work.

My lids feel heavy
and I try to fight
them closing in on me.
But that's not smart.
Because smart people,
they go to sleep
when they are tired.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
dusk's               slowly          approaching         the           world
slowly              fading           is                           day’s        light
approaching    is                  men’s                    rest           dutily
the                    day’s            rest              ­         finally        moved
world               light            dutily                    moved       around
©2012
Pfew, not as easy as it looks. What do you think?
Pandora dO Oct 2012
With sloppy handwriting

                   you can still share

                                many inspiring words.
© 2012
Random thoughts during class...
Pandora dO Oct 2012
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© 2012       -          =)
Pandora dO Nov 2012
She lies in bed late at night
and listens to the pouring rain.
The falling drops are comforting,
but it doesn't numb the pain.

She hides beneath her blanket,
the wind outside howling sadly.
The noise isn't able to keep out
the pain she hates so badly.

She puts her head beneath the pillow
to try and block all the sounds
of the anger and emotion
that off walls and ceiling bounds.

The storms of family fighting
rushes through the house like hurricanes.
Yet even though it hurts her heart,
from crying she always refrains.

She pretends she's deep asleep
as someone knocks on her door.
'Please, just leave, go away,
I can't take this anymore.'

She lies in bed late at night
and wishes for better days.
Though she knows it's futile,
she waits for the sun's shining rays.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
There's a tree outside,
it's right beside the window
of my study room.
The wind blows hard and it moves
the tree with scary, loud gusts.
©2012
No time like the present to write something new. The tree's noise freaking scares me lol
Pandora dO Feb 2013
Do you even know what you're doing to me?
No, you're probably too blind to see...
This is something hard to notice, I know,
so why does it still surprise me so?

I know almost no one'll love me for who I am,
just like there's no one who'll ever like spam.
Not often is someone admitted into my heart,
which is made of shards of glass.
So tender, almost falling apart.
Taken from my old collection, 2008 or 2009.
Pandora dO Oct 2012
The horrifying moment
                when you realize
           you're slowly
starting to catch a cold.

Feeling tired all week,
     thinking you didn't sleep enough.
              But now thoughts are jumbled
   and your nose starts feeling weird.

  A vague ache
now is in your throat
           and you know it:
    a cold is on its way.
© 2012
Most bosses think having a cold doesn't stop you from performing well at work... I think they think wrong. A real cold is a real pain.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
I want to write.
Another poem
or maybe one of my stories.

I want to do something.
Take a walk,
do something fun.
Enjoy the sun.

I wonder
when he'll come home.
Hopefully soon.
I miss him already.

I like living together with him.
Has it only been five months?
Oh my... Feels like forever.
Glad we found our little place.

Hm, we need to finish
our kitchen, soon.
Or maybe do the garden first,
before winter sets in.

Winter? Oh no, already?
I would like some more summer...
Please, fall, go away
and take winter with you.

Even though
I do like the snow.
I just don't like
feeling cold all day.
© 2012
Too many thoughts! My man noticed it, too. He has ADD (diagnosed) and thinks I might have it as well...
Pandora dO Jan 2014
Dearest,
I'm breathless.
You amaze me
Time and time again
By how beautiful you are.
And I keep asking myself this;
Are you really, really, here with me?
Are you never, ever, going to leave me?
Will you stay here, stay by my side forever?
Will you be my friend, as long as we'll live?
I'll cheer you up, as you'll cheer me up.
I'll guide you along as you'll guide me.
We'll be together through thick and thin,
We'll keep going and show them
We're good for each other.
You're the very best,
the most wonderful
Puppy ever.
Donder
© 2014
For my sweet little pup, Donder, who's not so little anymore (over half a year old now). He fills the hole Ollie left in my heart. For Ollie, check my earlier work.. (July 2012)
Pandora dO Feb 2014
I search and I search
but I'm not able
to pinpoint the thing
that I'm looking for.

I look and I look
but can't seem to find
whatever it is
that I'm looking for.

I seek and I seek
but it's out of reach,
I cannot get to
what I'm looking for.

But I'll keep searching
for without a doubt
I know I'll come through;
I'll find what I ought.

And I'll keep looking
as I know for sure
that there'll be a day
I'll find what I need.

So,  I'll keep seeking
the much needed rest
that my heart craves so,
though, what it looks like?

Who knows?
©2014 - about my quest in looking for peace inside.

Feels incomplete, might add something later.  xox
Pandora dO Sep 2012
Seasons,
always changing.

Four different ones,
nature's cycle of rebirth.
© 2012
Pandora dO Oct 2012
The clock is softly ticking
the whole morning away,

as time continues to pass on
into the afternoon and future.
© 2012
I feel like I'm wasting time, but got to remind myself a good health is most important.
Pandora dO Sep 2012
There's something bubbly
going on inside of me...
It's a happy feeling, yes,
because of all of you, no less.
©2012
Here I am, rambling about my many thoughts again.
Reading all your kind comments really brightens my day! My thanks, again, to all of you!
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