Esther Racah Writer & Literary Blogger

Category: Poetry

Poetry is one of my passions. In my blog, I will publish poems which I wrote. Hence I opened a separate category for poetry.  

During the years, I’ve read Italian, English, American, and French poems because, during my childhood, I learned those three languages. Only recently, I started writing poetry which I never wanted to publish. I believe that it is very personal to publish them. 

Although I’m a physicist, I started to read poetry during high school, mainly in Italian and English. Only home I was reading French books. Indeed, the French language and literature were not in my school program.

Writing poetry is one of the most intimate ways to express feelings and moods. Time to time, I will publish poems. 

  • Without Words

    Without Words

    Without Words

    Without words, I find myself in the deepest and darkest night
    And there is a blankness in my mind
    And I confront my memories
    Struggling to cope with this instability
    Without words, I feel a grip of pain and fear inside my soul
    Without words, I’m trapped inside the abyss of the silence
    All that I have is a fleeting moment that will be forever mine
    No more than a reminiscent burden of my life
    Trapped in the time and bound to a reality that is outside my mind
    I wonder if I’m what I imagine and if I’m real
    I wonder if my fantasies are tangible
    I’m just an illusion and dream made of foolishness
    Without words, I wait for my imagination to become palpable
    Just in a tiny fraction of time, everything changes
    Nothing will be the same anymore
    Worthless and wordless, I remain still and quiet
    My words will be my legacy in this world
    My words will be like tiny water drops carving rocks
    And I have nothing else to say
    The silence came to rescue me.
    Esther Racah

  • Thoughts

    Thoughts

    Thoughts

    Unlimited and Endless
    Thoughts overflow my mind
    Surprisingly the past becomes the present
    And the present becomes the past 
    All in an instant
    All in a dream
    Suddenly disappearing like foggy clouds
    My thoughts fly away, leaving me confused and amused
    Like leaves departing from their trees
    My impressions pass through my mind swirling away
    Mistakes, illusions, nightmares, and dreams dance together in my mind
    And I lose the sense of reality 
    Happy and sad 
    Hopeful and disillusioned
    I stand passively waiting for the next mistake or maybe success
    The silence is too loud, and it confuses me
    Astonished and dazed, I find myself in the same place
    Like a pebble bouncing on the water
    I lurch from thought to thought.
    Esther Racah

  • Existence

    Existence

    Existence

    Nobody notices who I really am
    How I feel and which thought touches my mind
    Like the wind which caresses the tree chimes waving in different directions
    As they would find some stability for a fraction of time
    And then rapidly they would switch their positions
    Because that is their intrinsic nature
    Change is the way nature and humans try to survive
    Nothing is sure, and instability is the only certainty in this existence
    Despair is the reaction to a reality that cannot be changed
    And which must be accepted once we can change ourselves to avoid pains
    Our inner pains induce a change in our lives
    When life makes us struggle or despair
    Despair leads to our internal improvement and strength
    We wouldn’t improve without despair
    We wouldn’t reach a higher level of our self-consciousness
    Existence doesn’t involve stability
    Each time we get to a stable state
    We lose peace and certitude
    To ascend to the next level in our mind and soul
    The search for stability and happiness is a pure illusion
    Which we always hope to achieve in our existence.
    Esther Racah

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