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Creation as a side effect of a life
Regularly In vacant moments Filling the life With little Glistening Diamonds Piling the pile Like an ant I have a heap of diamonds Nobody...

David Skala
Feb 171 min read


Hidden joy
Hidden joy That´s what it´s all about You´ve got to hide it So no-one can see it No-one can steal it If you have one You´ve got to hide...

David Skala
Feb 101 min read


What´s that?
It´ll make you mightier, yet It´ll make you weaker It´ll make you wiser, yet It´ll make you dumber It´ll make you more capable, yet It´ll...

David Skala
Feb 41 min read


Most productive years
I´m 49 It´s happened to trillions before And it´ll happen to many after I´m sitting here Getting older every second Over the zenith...

David Skala
Jan 291 min read


The safe harbour
You´ve landed here That equals a little miracle Don´t seek the rough waters again You´ve escaped all the possibilities and...

David Skala
Jan 201 min read


Creators
It´s a miracle, isn’t it? The normality of creating The magic of it I´m thinking about David Bowie now Or Leonardo da Vinci Or some...

David Skala
Jan 131 min read


One wave in the ocean
We´re here for a short time incredibly short And it doesn´t matter If it´s for 4 16 or 89 seconds Who gives a damn You might write a...

David Skala
Jan 71 min read


The crows
It´s 5:50 and the crows are grazing the lawn in front of my office They are tens, maybe 50 I park my car, watch them for a while It´s the...

David Skala
Dec 17, 20241 min read


Isn´t it beautiful?
Isn´t it beautiful? All this creation I mean writing the very poem Yet, nobody won´t read it Maybe somebody someday I don´t care...

David Skala
Dec 10, 20241 min read


I rejoice nearly at nothing
It´s wonderful The emptiness The peoplessness The empty zebra crossing I stare at from my office Early in the morning most of the people...

David Skala
Dec 2, 20241 min read


Microthoughts
These microthoughts They come when they please Two neurons have been reaching for each other Like two blind beggars They´ve made it ...

David Skala
Nov 27, 20241 min read


To live forever
When you live in presence You can´t never die If there is no past nor future There´s no fear After you die there won´t be any thoughts...

David Skala
Nov 18, 20241 min read


The process
You learn slow Your brain Your arm learns slow you start hitting not only the target But sometimes the very centre You see it You feel it...

David Skala
Nov 11, 20241 min read


Black bird
The black bird is waiting on the fence When I approach in my car He shoots like a dart in front of me But this time there is another car...

David Skala
Nov 4, 20241 min read


Neurons
New will never grow In fact, many have died over the years But they can connect They are reaching Like a hungry beggar They are reaching...

David Skala
Oct 21, 20241 min read


When that alarm clock goes off
When that alarm clock goes off I´m thinking of the lines I’m going to lay down And that is the sweetest thing It´s 5 am And I could have...

David Skala
Oct 16, 20241 min read


This brain
That´s awesome We live in presence We perceive the now All the senses busy sensing the contemporariness We forget fast We are pretty...

David Skala
Oct 7, 20241 min read


Tiniest ideas
Tiniest ideas Crawling between the crevices of your cerebrum Catch it catch it Write it down Write it down Little diamonds Stars shooting...

David Skala
Sep 30, 20241 min read


Your world and their world
Isn´t it grand? I can talk to you right now Even though hundreds of years divide us life-and-death border I can console you I can give...

David Skala
Sep 24, 20241 min read


Privilege
I move towards future Falcon flying over my head Little mouse scurrying across the road A man running in the frosty morning, a shawl over...

David Skala
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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