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You´ve had time enough
You´ve had time enough But you´ve wasted it Now you grumble and mumble Basically, you´ve been throwing guilt at whoever occurred to be...

David Skala
Sep 10, 20241 min read


Vertical Rainbow
I saw a rainbow this morning Even through it hadn´t been raining at night And it wasn´t a bow, actually It was kind of a vertical strip...

David Skala
Sep 3, 20241 min read


Has it ever occurred to you?
Has it ever occurred to you? This thought? When you finally realise yourself? I mean that it´s you who perceives This body This head...

David Skala
Aug 27, 20241 min read


Poems
Just a couple of words We think it´s worth it We think we do something noble But maybe dipping French fries in ketchup on your plate...

David Skala
Jun 28, 20241 min read


Paradoxes
Sitting here Poor and rich Creating for everybody and nobody I know it must be this way I know this is the only way Being not noticed...

David Skala
Jun 21, 20241 min read


Most productive years
I´m 48 It´s happened to many before It´ll happen to many after I´m sitting here Getting older every second Over the zenith already But...

David Skala
Jun 11, 20241 min read


When you create
When you create You enlarge your existence It´s like pausing the film and adding to it If you don´t create you ………… you ………… just live...

David Skala
Jun 3, 20241 min read


To live forever
When you live in presence You can´t never die If there´s no past or future There´s no fear After you die there will be no thoughts...

David Skala
May 27, 20241 min read


Simplify
Simplify …………………………………………… ………………………….. …………………………………… ………………………………………………………… Simplify …………………………………………… ………………………….. ……………………………………...

David Skala
May 20, 20241 min read


There´s barely any time
I´ve barely had time to unlace the shoes I´ve barely had time to write all the letters in the words I´ve barely had time to do all the...

David Skala
May 13, 20242 min read


Mortal´s fate
We didn´t have it We longed for it When we had it We didn´t utilize it Then we lost it We cry for it

David Skala
May 6, 20241 min read


This very poem
This very poem, I´m writing just now It´s still good This is the moment of the birth When I’m old and demented I´ll ask: Who wrote it?...

David Skala
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Dragging days
Sometimes days drag Gloomy winter days sleet and murk You wish it went faster You wish they were gone But wait! This is the life These...

David Skala
Apr 22, 20241 min read


Early morning poem
You wake up early The whole family asleep Not many cars on the road The sun´s rising Nature´s waking up You listen to Schopenhauer What a...

David Skala
Apr 16, 20241 min read


Balance
For every beautiful girl There must be one ugly For every 10 babies born 10 oldsters have to die After every day´s work There must be a...

David Skala
Apr 10, 20243 min read


Hey, bro
Hey, bro What do you say to my poems Hey, bro shame you´re dead Hey, bro I´d like to have a word with you Hey, bro Poems just a...

David Skala
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Early morning sessions
Call it as you will You might even call it a therapy But this early morning quiet sessions Me and the comp and the silence and the Moon...

David Skala
Mar 18, 20241 min read


Mortal´s fate
We didn´t have it We longed for it When we had it We didn´t utilize it Then we lost it We cry for it

David Skala
Mar 12, 20241 min read


Less is more
Less is more Don´t add that extra word Don´t add that extra note Don´t add that extra stroke Don´t add that extra minute Subtract rather...

David Skala
Mar 5, 20241 min read


Good morning, Sun
Good morning, Sun I love you You are beautiful Good morning, Sun we rise we set together Good morning, Sun You burning, bursting,...

David Skala
Feb 29, 20241 min read
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