A big dog is a responsibility
That comes with great power.
Therefore, prepare to practise your agility
During sunny weather, snow and shower.
Iaroslav Tuesday 22.08.2023
I didn’t think when I had to
I didn’t think when I had to.
I acted quickly, it’s true,
But now I realize
The weight of the issue, its size.
Look with your heart and your eyes.
The sun will soon rise.
Look before you leap
If you don’t want to regret,
If you don’t want to sink deep.
Iaroslav Saturday 18.03.2006
What is essential in life
What is essential in life,
Money or friendship,
Aloofness or strife?
The answer seems to be clear,
But do my actions support
What my mind declares now and here?
I want to find the true way,
It’s covered with thorns, not flowers, I know,
While the sun shines I should make hay.
Iaroslav Friday 01.12.2006
There is measure, even in being sad
The sun above is bright,
It’s filling everything with light –
What a wonderful sight!
Birds are singing so well,
But I can’t get it right,
I’m sad, yeah, you never can tell.
I guess, it’s OK –
There is a reason today,
Though I won’t say.
I live with hope
That I’ll be shown my way,
And the Father will level the slope.
Sometimes, it’s normal to feel sad,
But if there is a reason, something bad –
Otherwise it’s like being mad.
You and me, we can cry, but there is measure,
It’s true, lad.
Think about it at leisure.
Iaroslav Wednesday 21.12.2005
In dreams I can see a green lawn
In dreams I can see a green lawn,
A calm, not very deep river, so clear,
As if peace and quiet here were born,
And the blue sky is so near…
However, it is time to wake up,
Dreams can’t last too long.
But who said I cannot make up?
Who said I cannot be strong?
Life has only just begun.
All I need is to try to be clever
To see God’s sun
And a horizon that goes on forever…
Iaroslav Friday – Saturday 06–07.10.2006
I am so happy to live
I am so happy to live.
Though this life is transient like a sun ray,
And I will have to take leave,
I am so happy today!
I am happy!
How many kind things I can do!
I am young and snappy,
And I will break through!
Thank You, Father, for life,
Both for the present and for that.
Green grass, freedom and love… LIFE!
I bow and take off my hat.
Iaroslav Saturday 27.09.2008
Life is good
Life is good.
Be strong to face it.
He’ll see who can change his mood.
Life is a miracle, wherever you place it.
Life is the most generous gift –
Can’t you still realize?
Till it’s not too late again, be swift.
Soften your heart, you will see rise.
Iaroslav Sunday 01.12.2013
The nights are getting colder…
The nights are getting colder…
A lot of efforts seem to be in vain,
But he is becoming bolder
And sage under the rain.
Having nowhere to go
And no one to pity,
Though sometimes a bit low,
He is always courageous and witty.
Brain and muscles to earn bread…
“It’s not for life”, he says.
Never has he fled.
“I’ll try and they will come, sunny days”.
No one seems to hear,
So, he closes his eyes.
His better future is near, –
Hope and good will never lie.
Iaroslav Saturday 05.07.2008
One thing to remember
One thing to remember:
You are beautiful and strong,
December through November.
Listen to the Church bell song.
Be sure, just wisely go,
You’ll see the sunrise.
Let your faith grow
Striving for the eternal prize.
Iaroslav October 2009
To love means to sacrifice
To love means to sacrifice,
But you get your due
As much as a hundred times twice, –
It ain’t false – it’s true.
If you do not give,
You must not expect to get.
It’s up to you to choose how to live:
To hide your inner light or to enjoy each set*.
You can’t eat your cake
And have it.
You can’t love and only take.
Another fire makes a candle lit.
* Sunset.
Iaroslav Sunday 13.08.2006
Wise and Harmless Poetry 