Sonja G N Gallhofer

Sonja G N Gallhofer Apr 2023

I need to allow myself
not to have pressure
she says
determined
to relax
and enjoy life

I look at her
and I am sad
as I sense
that she
does not know
how to
do that

Sonja G N Gallhofer Apr 2023

rhythm of life

up - down
hope - despair
up - down
hope - despair
up - down
hope - despair
the never ending
rhythm
of her life

Sonja G N Gallhofer Mar 2023

micro poem 87

high
low
yo-yo

Sonja G N Gallhofer Mar 2023

disapproval

hopeless
he said
watching her
paint

she felt
his disapproving
gaze
and froze

Sonja G N Gallhofer Mar 2023

micro poem 88

waiting
sorrow
longing

Sonja G N Gallhofer Mar 2023

labels

why do you
attach
all these labels
to me?

foreign
middle-aged
cis
childless
divorced
heterosexual
jobless
dreamer

is it to conveniently
exclude or include me
whenever it suits you?

Sonja G N Gallhofer Mar 2023

off-the-wall

that is
an off-the-wall idea
he laughs
and leaves
the room
unaware
that his comment
encourages her
to continue