Two Poems
David Dephy
Lotus
Lotus lives only in its water.
Waters are rooted in me.
Here are roots called wishes,
they are deeper than promises,
and lotus called life grows
higher than hope,
no night can hide.
If You Know
I touched the grass in the morning. I felt strength.
As if the grass said to me: “If you know what future is,
it is because of hope, but there is only one place in the world
you can hope—
your own way.”
I touched the rays in the afternoon. I felt calmness.
As if the rays said to me: “If you know what life is,
it is because of freedom, but there is only one place
in the world you can be really free—
your own self.”
I touched silence in the night. I felt a miracle.
As if the night said to me: “If you know your own self,
it is because of will, but there is only one place in the world
you can be better—
heart of your loved one, if you know what love is,
it is because of that heart.”
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
Life, the simple name we give our breath.
David Dephy is a Georgian/American award-winning poet and novelist. The winner of the Finalist Award in the 2020 Best Book Award National Contest by American Book Fest, the finalist and shortlist winner nominee of the Adelaide Literary Awards for the category of Best Poem, and the winner of the Spillwords Poetry Award. His volume of poetry, Eastern Star, was published by Adelaide Books in New York in October 2020. He was named as A Literature Luminary by Bowery Poetry, The Stellar Poet by Voices of Poetry and The Incomparable Poet by Statorec. His works have been published and anthologized in the USA, UK and all over the world. He lives in New York.