Hello everybody!! Today I’m sharing three poems I wrote a few days ago when I was very sick with a cold. Each poem represents a scene of my life in Romania. As my time here is coming to an end, I thought it would be a sweet little commemorative blog post. Enjoy!
NIGHT (this poem depicts a typical night in our bedroom in Dragonesti)
overnight
the wind changed
from nonexistent
to icy cold,
pushing the
cracked white window open
at 4am
six girls shiver and
bury themselves deeper
into stained comforters
and sleeping bags
OLTENEA (this poem depicts what ministry looked like for me most days this month)
cloudy skies
walls painted grey
a young boy
with a dripping nose and
a scream to tear
the house down
cries out for his mother
weary, sleepy hearts
waiting for some sort of significance
we sit on the ground
folding airplanes
out of squares of toilet paper
trying to distract the boy
from his heartache
to make his spirits lift off
as the plane soars
past the window
EN INGLESA? (this poem depicts the language barrier when we tried teaching English to sweet elementary school kids in the village)
un
doix
tres
one
two
three
a game of never ending tag
nu, nu, nu!
i don’t understand sorry
shrugged shoulders
giggles at the misinterpretation
en inglesa?
a nod of the head
honey gold eyes
peering curiously at me
scrrams of laughter
crayons scattered
“how you say in Romania?”
un
doix
tres
we are learning
to live simpler lives
Romania has been so wonderful. I have another blog post coming your way soon that I’m really excited about! Thanks for reading! Ukraine here I come!
-Emm
