J Kharkongor Szabo: Poems

J Kharkongor Szabo Mar 2022

Amidst so much chaos
Nature wraps me in her arms
Quietens me down
A little sparrow hops and sings me a song
A daisy emerges from the dirt filled ground
And life carries on......

Rain

J Kharkongor Szabo Jul 2021

Rain

Raindrops against my window pane
arouses within me a need to open the window...
and let the rain in ...

Raindrops

J Kharkongor Szabo Jan 2022

Raindrops

Innocence of a child
Pure...untouched...free..
Like ****** raindrops
Falling from the sky...

Saviour

J Kharkongor Szabo Jun 2023

Saviour

They save birds..
That fall from the sky…
Nobody notices…
The work they do..
But the birds…
That fly the sky…

For the people in the documentary- All that breathes.

Secrets

J Kharkongor Szabo Oct 2021

Secrets

I give you a glimpse of my soul
You give me a glimpse of yours
And suddenly we are connected
By an invisible thread of knowing and sharing..
Something beautiful..
That we share with nobody else...

Shelter

J Kharkongor Szabo Mar 2021

Shelter

Dark clouds gather overhead
A drop of rain bounces off my raven head
I look for shelter but find none
Suddenly I feel something
Over my head - your jacket
And I find my shelter..
right by your side

Small talk

J Kharkongor Szabo Feb 2021

Small talk

Faint light filters through the curtain lace
On a dusky cold winter morn
As steamy cups of coffee sit upon the beech wood tray
We sit there in silence
Lots to talk about but nothing to say
The coffee grows cold
With polite smiles frozen on our faces
Talk about the weather
Talk about the children
Talk about Sunday mass
Talk about everything else but us...

Snowed in

J Kharkongor Szabo Dec 2023

Snowed in

Trees shimmering in the night…
Covered with snow..
Darkness all around us…
Just the trees aglow…
Beauty …
when you least expect it..

Soulmates

J Kharkongor Szabo Nov 2021

Soulmates

We sat there caressing our coffee cups
Looking into each other's souls
Forgetting everybody, everything, everyone...

Soulmates 2

J Kharkongor Szabo Nov 2021

Soulmates 2

Sharing laughter and tears
Hopes and fears
Hours go by...unnoticed
Yet time stands still
For you and me
And our cold coffees...

Spring

J Kharkongor Szabo Apr 2021

Spring

A sea of green ...
Sways in the breeze
As an orchestra of sparrows...
Cheers it on....
Spring is here...life begins

Stargazing

J Kharkongor Szabo Mar 2021

Stargazing

Sharing dreams in soft whispers
Touching stars in the sky
Just you and me and the night sky..

Stars

J Kharkongor Szabo Nov 2021

Stars

Stars are holes in the sky
That God uses
To watch over us ...

Stolen Skies

J Kharkongor Szabo Jun 2023

Stolen Skies

I look up at the grey skies..
Yellow, hazy, smoke filled..
It looks back at me..
Asks me..
If not now then when ?
Mother Earth is dying…
Are we going to save it..
Or die with it..
With our selfishness and disinterest…
It’s here
We can smell it in air..
Feel it in our lungs..
Wake up !!
What are we waiting for !!

Please pass the message around.
Do something!!

Stranger

J Kharkongor Szabo Aug 2022

Stranger

For twenty years…
You laid beside me…
Lying with a straight face
Telling me things
You thought I wanted to hear
Pretending that you were mine
But why am I blaming you
I pretended too
Pretended to unsee what I saw
Living a lie
Too afraid to lose you
Too afraid to be alone
Afraid to see who you really are..
A stranger by my bedside…

Sun rises

J Kharkongor Szabo Aug 2022

Sun rises

Flaming red skies…
Makes me melt…
Like butter on toasted rye…

The empty chair

J Kharkongor Szabo Apr 2022

The empty chair

The old man sits on his front porch
Beside the old empty chair
Newly vacant…
She occupied it for 60 years
Always beside him…
Thru thick and thin…
60 years of walking with her
60 years of holding her hands
60 years, three children
And now she’s gone…
He tries to drown the silence…
With the TV turned on loud
But the silence is deafening
The silence….
that only she knew how to fill
With her laughter and talk
Lost and empty…
Just like that empty old chair…
on their old front porch…

The homeless man

J Kharkongor Szabo Mar 2022

The homeless man

Snow falls upon a homeless man
Sitting in the street corner
His tattered old hat ..
once black now white
His calloused trembling hands
clings on to his coffee for warmth...
She walks past him
In her Burberry coat and Gucci shoes..
Too afraid to look at him
Too afraid of how he makes her feel...
So she chooses to look straight on...

The waltz

J Kharkongor Szabo Aug 2021

The waltz

A breeze waltzes by
Lifts, disturbs the leaves
Once lying still
Now dancing and rejoicing
Muffling the sound of traffic
From the highway near by..

Time stands still

J Kharkongor Szabo Oct 2021

Time stands still

Sunshines thru a canopy of maple leaves yellow, orange and red
Spreading a golden glow
Upon my bench underneath
I bathe in the glorious moment
I find myself in .....

Tomorrow

J Kharkongor Szabo Apr 2021

Tomorrow

Wind howls through the window
Skies grey and dull as if in mourning...
Amidst so much dreariness
A lil bird hops and skips on my window sill
Chirping as she goes
Spreading cheer on this dreadful morn...
Telling me ... all is not lost
Tomorrow...still to come...

Untitled

J Kharkongor Szabo Feb 2021

Untitled

Snowflakes fall softly upon ...
My hair once black now white
I stick out my tongue and catch a flake...

Untitled

J Kharkongor Szabo Mar 2023

Untitled

Goodness is in all of us
We just need to feed it
To see it grow…

Us

J Kharkongor Szabo Feb 2021

Us

Our feet sink in the soft sand
As seagulls make their way across the sky..
At the sight of us kissing ..
the sky blushes red...

Us is the first of a collection of love poems

Us 2

J Kharkongor Szabo Jun 2021

Us 2

Our eyes met
The world was lost
Just the 2 of us remained .....

Is the second poem from the - us collection

Us 3

J Kharkongor Szabo Jul 2021

Us 3

Sitting there on that bench with you
Listening to the breeze
Holding hands...
Catching sunrises and sunsets
With you my partner in Life

For Rob my partner in life. This is the third poem from the - us collection

Violet Skies

J Kharkongor Szabo Aug 2021

Violet Skies

Orange violet skies
Tears in my eyes
Why does something so beautiful
Make me cry...

Window next door

J Kharkongor Szabo Jul 2022

Window next door

A song wafts in…
from the window next door..
into mine…
In a language from a foreign land..
words I cannot understand..
Bringing tears to my eyes…
Touching me so…
Connecting me to my neighbour next door…
Who I don’t know…

Winter

J Kharkongor Szabo Dec 2021

Winter

Snow flakes soft, airy, gentle....
Falls upon a pine tree ...
hard, brittle, green ...
Clinging to its needles...
In deep embrace....
Like lovers...
Opposites attract...

Woman

J Kharkongor Szabo Aug 2022

Woman

As a daughter …
As a wife….
As a mother…
You give yourself selflessly
To make sure everyone is ok…
To make sure everyone is seen…
But in all of this chaos
Who will make sure…
You are not lost…
That you are seen too…

Words

J Kharkongor Szabo May 2022

Words

Sometimes you say too much
Sometimes you say too little
Sometimes you say nothing at all..
When it matters the most…

Yours

J Kharkongor Szabo Nov 2022

Yours

Your touch melts me..
into a defenceless puddle
I am not me anymore…
I am shamelessly yours….

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