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Sanda Matei, 16 years old, is participating in the 6th International Literary Creation Competition, from Bucharest, Romania. She is guided by Prof. Laura Anton, „Elena Cuza” National College. We are grateful for the participation and wish it success.

Longing

I think of you over and over again,
No matter how much it has passed
You don’t go away…
At least from my mind.

Once I thought this would never end
Now I wake up alone,
It feels like a descend
…Maybe it’s my punishment?

The paradise we built over the years
All for nothing, ending up in tears.

The memories remain
Maybe I want them to stay
Your face becomes foggier through and through
Every attempt to keep it clear fails,
For each time I try, it becomes more of a mess…

And it’s sad because you won’t return

….

I know you won’t, yet I still dream of you.
Or at least I think I do,
But maybe it’s the “you” in my mind I drew.


Bliss

The dark clouds you sent away,
So easy as if they were never there
In that moment I knew you had to forever stay
For without you I have no air.

Not a second of regret after that,
I worship every second we chat

The gifts, the hugs, the restless nights
All so clear, such wonderful sights

Now we’re together even in the rain
As fast as we can, running to the train
Laughing wholeheartedly in everyone’s stares
They’re staring, they’re judging. Who cares?
 
Since we’re together I am full,
Finally able to see the beauty of the moon
(Before it made me feel like a loon).
And now, here, under the tree we stand
Looking at the sunrise, hand in hand.


Doubt

Do I love you or not?
The same question on my mind since last month
And I don’t know why it came here,
But it certainly did not disappear.
One second we fight, the next one we laugh
All so confusing, it has never happened before
Maybe it’s that piled up problems we ignore.

Deep down I know, or hope
That all of this is just a phase…
Without you, in this world I have no place
We know too much to grow apart
Giving up we’ll destroy us to heart

But what to do to solve the mess?
I have no answer, I have no guess

Each argument seems more ridiculous than the other
Despite that, we still share the same cover

I should probably try to talk things out
Yet when I try to, I drown in doubt
But life after you doesn’t exist
It would punch me like a fist

Now I cry at four am
Another sleepless night in the program.
I’m desperate to see the end
It’s not alright, I can’t pretend
So, I’m writing you this letter
Please forgive me, I’ll do better!

Let’s try once more,
To fix the love we’re fighting for!