Something to Believe In
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Excerpt from Invisible …haunted by the feeling of isolation, knowing others know that you are there, but amongst them you feel alone, as though one with the shadows in which you stand, near yet distant, apart… Excerpt from A Voice Regained The need for healing had brought you to unavoidable contact with many, a place where your angel imprisoned saw other angels flying, some of whom were trying and some on the wing high above. Here you were finally seeing the human connection you'd forgotten that you needed and had missed… Excerpt from The Flame My flame burns needlessly because her flame will never burn for me, so my flame burns through my heart, which acutely feels the hurt… Excerpt from Numb …thinking only of harmony around you, unmindful that within, your thoughts were sounding like a piano out of tune, music that became so unbearable that you ceased to listen, your mind becoming like a stagnant lake that breeds disease… Excerpt from Higher Ground …like an angel from heaven sent down, a veritable bodhisattva, you gently guide them to begin and persist on the sacred quest to attain the higher ground, with perseverance and courage of spirit, through countless trials… Excerpt from Sleepwalking Through Life …you feel like you are moving, but not truly knowing where your life is going, without a vision to direct you, you let it lead you on a path of least resistance, drifting on a raft tossed and shoved by every ripple of a raging river, never sure of what's beyond… Excerpt from Empty Dose …a kaleidoscope of objects to mesmerize us that betray a promise of happiness everlasting, a multiplex of focus to numb our own mind's spinning tale of doubt and pain… Excerpt from Emotions …you feel like you are tripping and falling into traps, and fighting to get free only makes it worse as you try hard to not think about or feel them; and unless you remember to allow them to just pass right through you like a ghost, you'll begin to sink into a quicksand of despair… Excerpt from Regrets …looking for a mirror, but instead finding windows looking toward a lonely nowhere, memories that at times put you on a journey within the mind, like a frustrated time-traveller unable to change the moment's history, you become lost in the mystery of why you did what you'd done…
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Awakening
Like denying spring to a flower,
its glory never to be fulfilled,
relinquishing the world around,
unaided by the healing
serenity of nature,
and neglecting immediacy
with a diversity of lives
will befog in darkness
the habitat of one’s spirit within ...
—Bolko Rawicz
Bolko Rawicz is a Vancouver-based poet who derives inspiration from a variety of personal experiences. In his first volume of contemporary poetry, he shares verse created during an eight-year time frame and written in a variety of styles—some highly symbolic, others more literal.
From the thrills of falling in love to the hopeless doubt that surrounds regrets to the peace that accompanies spending time in nature to the questions and answers that complement a unique spiritual journey, Rawicz’s fresh and captivating poems intertwine relatable emotions with real-life experiences that illuminate not just the challenges but also the joys of life.
Something to Believe In provides a glimpse into one man’s journey through a life well lived as he reflects on kindness, love, nature, Sunday mornings and everything in between.
About the Author
Bolko Rawicz was born in Poland and at age 8, left for Belgium with his parents and sister. One year later, the family immigrated to Canada. He is a self-taught poet who began writing in 2006 after a consciousness shifting experience. Bolko’s poetry was shortlisted for the 2011 Fish Poetry Prize and the Aquillrelle Poetry Contest and selected for the Scarborough Arts 2013 Big Art Book.